Post-partum anxiety and depression among Saudi mothers having pre-term infants

Mothers of premature babies may experience more anxiety and depression than other full term infants mothers. This study examined the level of anxiety and depression among Saudi mothers having premature babies. The study included 120 Saudi mothers from two maternity hospitals at El Riyadh city. Each mother was individually interviewed to assess her anxiety and depression level using Beck Depression inventory and Taylor Anxiety Scale. The findings revealed that Saudi mothers of premature infants had levels of anxiety and depression which ranged from mild to very severe in early post-partum days. Some factors such as age marital status and number of previous deliveries were found to be statistically significant determinants of depression, while parity an x-ray examination during ante natal period were found to be the statistically significant determinants of anxiety level

Assessment of knowledge related to birth spacing among Saudi mothers in Riyadh city: part I

The objectives of the study are to identify the birth spacing knowledge levels among Saudi mothers in the three selected primary health care centres; and determine the correlation between the knowledge scores and certain demographic and ubstetrical variables .One-hundred fifty Saudi pregnant women participated in the study. Data was collected through the interview method. The instrument was tested for face validity and reliability. Data was analyzed manually. The result reflects that the majority of Saudi mothers had poor birth spacing knowledge scores. There is no significant difference in knowledge scores among the three centres. Birth spacing knowledge scores are directly related with the level of education and No. of low birth weight babies. But no relation between spacing knowledge scores and number of pregnancies deliveries living children and abortions