Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of depressed mood during pregnancy and after childbirth in a Moroccan sample
- 13 October 2006
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of Women's Mental Health
- Vol. 9 (6) , 343-346
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-006-0154-8
Abstract
The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of depression among 100 women followed from the first trimester of pregnancy to 9 months after delivery. Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Paykel Life Events Inventory were used. Seventeen per cent of the subjects experienced depression during postpartum, 19.2% started their episode during pregnancy. Psychosocial variables were positively correlated to depression during pregnancy.Keywords
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