Trajectories of Depression Symptoms From Pregnancy Through 24 months Postpartum Among Kenyan Women Living With HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We examined longitudinal patterns and cofactors of depressive symptoms among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (WLWH).

Methods

This study used data from a randomized trial of a text messaging intervention. WLWH were serially assessed for depressive symptoms from pregnancy through 24 months postpartum at 6 time points (pregnancy, 6 weeks, and 6, 12, 18, and 24 months postpartum). Depressive symptoms were assessed using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and longitudinal patterns using group-based trajectory modeling. Moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms (MSD) correlates were assessed using generalized estimating equations.

Results

Among 824 enrolled women, 14.6% ever had MSD during pregnancy or postpartum; 8.6% of WLWH had MSD in pregnancy and 9.0%

SUBMITTER: Larsen AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283247 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature