BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to investigate the association between depression and/or depressive symptoms during pregnancy and the risk of an operative delivery or preeclampsia, and to quantify the strength of the association. METHODS A search of the PubMed, SCI/SSCI, Proquest PsycARTICLES and CINAHL databases was supplemented by manual searches of bibliographies of key retrieved a...

1Department of Health Behaviour and Education; 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. 3Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Received: 26/03/02; accepted: 16/03/03 ABSTRACT We studied patterns of antenatal care in lowversus high-risk pre...

OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of health behaviours and psychological well-being on gestational weight gain using a biopsychosocial model. DESIGN A prospective cohort study of pregnant women consecutively recruited at their first antenatal care visit. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on health behaviours and psychological well-being in early pregnancy. Linear reg...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of depression and correlate clinical and demographic characteristics in pregnant women assisted by the public health system in the city of Pelotas, RS, Brazil. METHOD We performed a cross-sectional study focused on pregnant women assisted by the public health service. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used to screen for depression. RESU...

OBJECTIVES Previous research has identified an inverse relationship between religiosity/spirituality and depressive symptoms. However, prospective studies are needed. This study investigates the association between antenatal religiosity/spirituality and postpartum depression, controlling for antenatal depressive symptoms, social support, and other potential confounders. METHODS This is a pros...

Introduction Changes in physiological and hormonal balance occurring during pregnancy post-partum period can have relevant implications on woman’s mental health. Up to 65% of pregnant women experience depressed mood, low self-esteem, cognitive impairment, fatigue, loss appetite as well suicidal ideation. Anxiety depressive symptoms been described impactful the newborn’s health at time delivery....