Prevalence and pattern of anxiety and depressive disorders in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic Sahu Pallabi1, Hansa Jagadish2,5, Mohanty Debi Prasad3, Mishra Suvendu Narayan4,* 1Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, IMS & SUM Hospital, Siksha O Anusandhan University 2Scientist-B, Presently at ICMR-RMRIMS, Agamkuan, Patna, India 5Directorate of Medical research Department of Psychiatry, IMS & SUM Hospital, Siksha O Anusandhan University 3PhD Scholar, Department of Psychiatry, IMS & SUM Hospital, Siksha O Anusandhan University 4Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, IMS & SUM Hospital, Siksha O Anusandhan University *Corresponding Author: Suvendu Narayan Mishra IMS & SUM Hospital Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Email: jagadish.hansa@gmail.com
Online published on 25 September, 2018. Abstract Introduction Managing perinatal depression and anxiety is important for maternal, as well as infant, well-being. Persistent maternal stress, depression and anxiety can result in detrimental effects on infant development; both during pregnancy and postnatal. The aim was to study the prevalence, pattern of anxiety and depressive disorders in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic and the various socio-demographic factors, obstetric factors and other factors related to Anxiety and Depressive disorders in pregnant women. Materials and Method This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Anti natal clinic (ANC). Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used as screening tool. Those participants who scored 11 in each of the item of HADS were further evaluated by psychiatric history and mental status examination for psychiatric morbidity. Final diagnosis of Psychiatric disorder was established by applying diagnostic and statistical manual-v text revision (DSM-v TR) diagnostic criteria. Results Out of 200 pregnant women 15% women were suffering from various Anxiety Disorders, 7% were suffering from Depressive disorders and 2.5% suffered from combined Anxiety and Depressive disorders. Depression or Anxiety was more prevalent among those women who were unwilling for the current pregnancy, those who had high risk obstetric and medical complications during the pregnancy and also among those who had history of domestic violence. Conclusions This study also indicates the need to incorporate screening for anxiety and depression in antenatal programs and providing practical support to women during pregnancy. High risk factors need to be focused and interventions related to it need to be taken. Top Keywords Depressive disorders, Depression, Anxiety. Top |