High levels of depressive symptoms and low quality of life are reported during pregnancy in Cape Coast, Ghana; a longitudinal study

Significant rates of anxiety, depressive symptoms, and low quality of life (QoL) have been found among pregnant women in developed countries. These psychosocial disturbances have not been adequately assessed during pregnancy in many developing countries. Women were recruited in their first trimester...

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Published in:BMC public health 2022-05, Vol.22 (1), p.894-894, Article 894
Main Authors: Pobee, Ruth Adisetu, Setorglo, Jacob, Kwashie Klevor, Moses, Murray-Kolb, Laura E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Complications and side effects
Depression
Depression - psychology
Depression, Mental
Developed countries
Developing countries
Disturbances
Epidemiology
Female
Food security
Gestational age
Ghana
Ghana - epidemiology
Health aspects
Health facilities
Health problems
Humans
LDCs
Longitudinal Studies
Mental depression
Mental health
Patient outcomes
Population
Pregnancy
Psychological aspects
Public health
Quality of Life
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Reliability analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Social aspects
Variance analysis
Womens health
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Summary:Significant rates of anxiety, depressive symptoms, and low quality of life (QoL) have been found among pregnant women in developed countries. These psychosocial disturbances have not been adequately assessed during pregnancy in many developing countries. Women were recruited in their first trimester of pregnancy (
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-022-13299-2