Prevalence and correlates of depressive and anxiety symptoms among pregnant women from an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: a community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Previous research, largely from the Global North, reports high rates of common mental health disorders among women in the antenatal period, but there is paucity of such data in contexts like Kenya. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of depressive and anxiety symptoms among pregnant women in an urban informal settlement in Kenya's capital - Nairobi.

Methods

An analysis of baseline cross-sectional data from a pilot cluster randomized trial of an integrated early childhood development programme. Participants were pregnant women in their third pregnancy trimester (N = 249), residing in an urban informal settlement in Nairobi County. Mental health measures [(Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) and generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7)] were admini

SUBMITTER: Mulupi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11863928 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature