The prevalence and associated factors of third-trimester pregnancy depression in pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity women: a cross-sectional study in Guangdong, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The third trimester of pregnancy is the most frequent period of prenatal depression. Its prevalence is associated with differences in weight status. Pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity (OWOB) pregnant women have a high risk of third-trimester pregnancy depression. The aim of this study was to investigate the depression status of pre-pregnancy OWOB women in the third trimester of pregnancy, and to explore the influence of modifiable lifestyle behaviors during pregnancy on their depression status, so as to provide scientific basis for the prevention and intervention of third-trimester pregnancy depression in OWOB pregnant women.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 441 pregnant women with pre-pregnancy OWOB recruited from two tertiary hospitals in G

SUBMITTER: Yao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12558768 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature