TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Frequency and predictors of anxiety and depression among pregnant women attending tertiary healthcare institutes of Quetta City, Pakistan
JO  - BMC women's health
A1  - Ghaffar, Rahila
A1  - Iqbal, Qaiser
A1  - Khalid, Adnan
A1  - Saleem, Fahad
A1  - Hassali, Mohamed Azmi
A1  - Baloch, Nosheen Sikandar
A1  - Ahmad, Fiaz Ud Din
A1  - Bashir, Sajid
A1  - Haider, Sajjad
A1  - Bashaar, Mohammad
SP  - e51
EP  - e51
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depression (A&D) are commonly reported among pregnant women from all over the world; however, there is a paucity of workable data from the developing countries including Pakistan. The current study, therefore, aims to find out the frequency and predictors of A&D among pregnant women attending a tertiary healthcare institutes in the city of Quetta, in the Balochistan province, Pakistan. <br><br>METHODS: A questionnaire based, cross-sectional survey was conducted. The pre-validated Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used to assess the frequency of A&D among study respondents. Anxiety and depression scores were calculated via standard scoring procedures while logistic regression was used to identify the predictors of A&D. SPSS v. 20 was used for data analysis and p < 0.05 was taken as significant. <br><br>RESULTS: Seven hundred and fifty pregnant women responded to the survey. The majority of the respondents belonged to age group of 26-35 year (424, 56.4%) and had no formal education (283, 37.6%). Furthermore, 612 (81.4%) of the respondents were unemployed and had urban residencies (651, 86.6%). The mean anxiety score was 10.08 ± 2.52; the mean depression score was 9.51 ± 2.55 and the total HADS score was 19.23 ± 3.91 indicating moderate A&D among the current cohort. Logistic regression analysis reported significant goodness of fit (Chi square = 17.63, p = 0.030, DF = 3), indicating that the model was advisable. Among all variables, age had a significant association when compared with HADS scores [adjusted OR (odds ratios) = 1.23, 95% CI = 1.13-1.62, p < 0.001]. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Moderate A&D was reported among the study respondents. Furthermore, age was highlighted as a predictor of A&D. The evidence from this study provides a motion of support programs for anxious and depressed pregnant women. The benefits of implementing good mental health in antenatal care have long-lasting benefits for both mother and infant. Therefore, there is a need to incorporate A&D screening in the existing antenatal programs.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1472-6874
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0411-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -