@article{ref1,
title="Antenatal depression in coastal South India: prevalence and risk factors in the community",
journal="International journal of social psychiatry",
year="2015",
author="George, Christina and Lalitha, Anoop Rn and Antony, Abish and Kumar, Arun V. and Jacob, K. S.",
volume="62",
number="2",
pages="141-147",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Antenatal depression is a highly prevalent disorder with serious implications on maternal and child outcomes. There are few studies examining this in low-middle-income community settings. AIMS: To determine the prevalence of antenatal depression in women from a coastal rural background in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and to determine its associated factors. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional community-based study, in 202 antenatal women, standard interview and diagnostic criteria (Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised (CIS-R)) were employed for identifying depression and examining a wide range of putative clinical and sociocultural risk factors including domestic violence. <br><br>RESULTS: There was a 16.3% prevalence of depression among the 202 women sampled. The possible risk factors after stepwise backward regression were pressure to have a male child, 11.48 (2.36-55.78); financial difficulties, 8.23 (2.49-27.22); non-arranged marriage, 6.05 (1.72-21.23); history of miscarriage-still birth, 5.77 (1.55-21.43) and marital conflict, 9.55 (2.34-38.98). <br><br>CONCLUSION: There is a need to develop strategies for recognition and appropriate intervention for antenatal depression, in the context of locally relevant risk factors, so as to improve both maternal and child outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7640",
doi="10.1177/0020764015607919",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764015607919"
}