Burden and risk factors for antenatal depression and its effect on preterm birth in South Asia: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Women experience high rates of depression, particularly during pregnancy and the postpartum periods. Using population-based data from Bangladesh and Pakistan, we estimated the burden of antenatal depression, its risk factors, and its effect on preterm birth.

Methods

The study uses the following data: maternal depression measured between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation using the 9-question Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9); data on pregnancy including an ultrasound before 19 weeks of gestation; data on pregnancy outcomes; and data on woman's age, education, parity, weight, height, history of previous illness, prior miscarriage, stillbirth, husband's education, and household socioeconomic data collected during early pregnancy. Using PHQ-9 cutoff score of ≥12, wome

SUBMITTER: Khanam R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8820649 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature