Muhammad Sajid Rafiq Abbasi, Sadia Irum, Sohail Tanveer, Mumtaz Ali Khan, Muhammad Ishaq, Iftikhar Uddin, Majid Ali Tahir, Afreenish Hussain.
Prevalence of Antenatal Depression among Pregnant Women; a Cross Sectional study in Tertiary Care Hospital Islamabad, Pakistan.
J Saidu Med Col Jan ;11(2):68-72.

Background: Psychological health problems like anxiety and depression during pregnancy are very common, and have negative impact on women, neonatal and postnatal health. Sometimes the depression and anxiety lead to serious complications during pregnancy and postnatal period. Objective: To determine prevalence of depression in pregnant women and risk factors. Material and Methods: Study was conducted in the department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Federal General Hospital, Islamabad from January to June 2017. Total number of 213 pregnant females were recruited on random basis and interviewed by using Edinberg Postnatal Depression Scale to determine depression during pregnancy. Results of the interview were analyzed by using of SPSS v.20. Results: Findings reveal that majority of the patients (64%) were found depress according to scale scoring. It was also found that the level of depression was higher among young aged fragment (93.65%) and require immediate counselling. Conclusion: The results indicate that the women in younger age group, seems to be more depressed as compared with elder age group. The education level and exposures of pregnancy circumstances reduce the level of depression among pregnant women.

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