Open Access<p>Sociodemographic and Obstetric Determinants of Antenatal Depression in Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: Facility Based Case–Control Study</p>
Author(s) -
Arefayne Alenko,
Sisay Dejene,
Shimelis Girma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1179-1411
DOI - 10.2147/ijwh.s252385
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , pregnancy , antenatal depression , odds ratio , logistic regression , obstetrics , statistical significance , demography , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , anxiety , genetics , macroeconomics , pathology , sociology , economics , biology
Worldwide, 10-20% of women experience depression during pregnancy. In sub-Saharan countries, depression during pregnancy is estimated to be 15-57%. Even though there is a high burden of depression during pregnancy, little attention has been given to identify sociodemographic and obstetric determinants in diverse populations like Ethiopia.