Level of awareness and treatment of anxiety and depression during pregnancy in southeast Nigeria
S. Afr. j. psychiatry (Online)
; 24: 1-5, 2018. tab
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Anxiety and depressive disorders are somewhat masked by features of pregnancy; hence many women are ignorant of them and are untreated.Aim:
To determine the level of awareness and treatment of anxiety and depression in pregnancy.Setting:
The study was carried out at the antenatal clinic of Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.Method:
This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study of 200 pregnant women in consecutive attendance of the antenatal clinic using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and a sociodemographic questionnaire.Results:
Of the participants, 23.5% had anxiety and/or depression, 7.5% of them were aware of their condition and only 0.5% of all the participants or 6.7% of those who were aware of their problem received treatment.Conclusion:
Anxiety and depression are prevalent among pregnant women. Because of overlap of symptoms of anxiety and depression with those of pregnancy, the awareness is very low; hence many of them suffer immensely without treatment
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Anxiety
/
Pregnancy
/
Pregnant Women
/
Depressive Disorder
/
Nigeria
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
S. Afr. j. psychiatry (Online)
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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