Farasat Ali, Ammara Butt, Aamir Hameed, Aamir Furqan, Farman Ali.
Antenatal Depression; Frequency And Factors Associated In Patients Presenting In Tertiary Care Hospital.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(3):458-61.

Objectives: To determine frequency of Antenatal Depression by ICD_10 diagnostic criteria in patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital and contributing factors for antenatal depression. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Department of Psychiatry and outdoor of Gynae & Obs Sir Ganga Ram Hospital / Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore. Period: November 2012 to May 2013. Materials and Method: Three hundred and fifty (350) patients were included in this study. SPSS version 12 was used for data analysis. Frequencies and percentages were calculated to present qualitative variables and mean ± standard deviation was calculated to present quantitative data. Results: A total of 350 patients were included in this study. Out of 350 patients, depression was found in 104 patients. Out of these 104 patients, 52 patients (50.0%) had mild depression, 37 patients (35.6%) had moderate depression while 115 patients (14.4%) had severe depression. Conclusion: Antenatal depression was noted in 29.7% of patients. Most common contributing factor was low socioeconomic status (64.4%) a second factor was no partner social support (22.1%) and previous history of psychiatric of psychological consultation (13.5%) of antenatal depression.

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