BACKGROUND: The psychosocial correlates of depression during pregnancy were explored. METHOD: Pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic of a general hospital (n = 1329) received a set of questionnaires including Zung's Self-Rating Depression Score (SDS). SDS high scores (> 49) (the cases: n = 179) were compared with low scores (< 38) (the controls; n = 343). RESULTS: The cases were characterised by: first delivery; more nausea, vomiting, and anorexia; more menstrual pains and premenstrual irritability; early paternal loss; lower maternal care and higher paternal overprotection; higher public self-consciousness score; more smoking and use of medication in pregnancy; unwanted pregnancy; negative psychological response to the pregnancy by the woman and husband; poor intimacy by the husband; and having remarried. CONCLUSIONS: Depression in early pregnancy is determined mainly by psychosocial factors.
BACKGROUND: The psychosocial correlates of depression during pregnancy were explored. METHOD: Pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic of a general hospital (n = 1329) received a set of questionnaires including Zung's Self-Rating Depression Score (SDS). SDS high scores (> 49) (the cases: n = 179) were compared with low scores (< 38) (the controls; n = 343). RESULTS: The cases were characterised by: first delivery; more nausea, vomiting, and anorexia; more menstrual pains and premenstrual irritability; early paternal loss; lower maternal care and higher paternal overprotection; higher public self-consciousness score; more smoking and use of medication in pregnancy; unwanted pregnancy; negative psychological response to the pregnancy by the woman and husband; poor intimacy by the husband; and having remarried. CONCLUSIONS:Depression in early pregnancy is determined mainly by psychosocial factors.
Authors: Gun-Mette B Røsand; Kari Slinning; Malin Eberhard-Gran; Espen Røysamb; Kristian Tambs Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2012-01-22 Impact factor: 3.295
Authors: Fergus P McCarthy; Ali S Khashan; Robyn A North; Rona Moss-Morris; Philip N Baker; Gus Dekker; Lucilla Poston; Louise C Kenny Journal: PLoS One Date: 2011-11-18 Impact factor: 3.240