Prevalence of depression and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in public health institutions of Awabale Woreda, East Gojjam Zone, Northwestern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antenatal depression is a serious health problem and has negative consequences for the mother, fetus, and the entire family. However, it is a neglected component of care especially bay health care providers for women in pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of depression and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in public health institutions, in the Awabale Woreda.

Method

An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 and a stratified sampling technique was used to select the study health institutions. All seven public health institutions in Awabale District were included to select 393 mothers and the sample size was proportionally allocated based on the number of target mothers. We used

SUBMITTER: Bantie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9560138 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature