Group problem solving therapy for perinatal depression in primary health care settings in rural Uganda: an intervention cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perinatal depression is of substantial public health importance in low and middle income countries. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of a mental health intervention delivered by non-specialist health workers on symptom severity and disability in women with perinatal depression in Uganda.

Methods

Pregnant women in the second and third trimester were consecutively screened using the Luganda version of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Women who scored ≥5 on the PHQ-9 and who were confirmed to have depression by a midwife were recruited into a treatment cohort and offered a psychological intervention in a stepped care fashion. Women were assessed with PHQ-9 and WHODAS-2.0 at baseline and again at 3 and 6 months after the intervention. Negative re

SUBMITTER: Nakku JEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8386083 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature