Social support and multifactorial predictors of perinatal depression: insights from a hospital-based cross-sectional survey in Karachi, Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to estimate the frequency of depression in mothers during the antepartum and postpartum periods and identify predictors of perinatal depression in the tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan.

Design

Analytical cross-sectional study.

Setting

Public Tertiary Care Hospital, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Participants

The study involved 262 mothers for the assessment of frequency and predictors of perinatal depression in Pakistan.

Main outcome measures

The Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) was used as the tool to screen for depression. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire encompassing the sociodemographic factors, pregnancy and birth-related information, newborn characteristics secti

SUBMITTER: Shoaib N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458830 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature