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Frequency and predictors of anxiety and depression among pregnant women attending tertiary healthcare institutes of Quetta City, Pakistan

Ghaffar R 1 , Iqbal Q 1 , Khalid A 2 , Saleem F 1 , Hassali MA 3 , Baloch NS 4 Show all authors , Ahmad FUD 5 , Bashir S 6 , Haider S 1 , Bashaar M 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
  • 2 Combined Military Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan
  • 3 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
  • 4 Gynecology & Obstetric Department, Bolan Medical College Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan
  • 5 Faculty of Pharmacy & Alternate Medicine, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • 6 Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 7 SMART Afghan International Trainings & Consultancy, Kabul, Afghanistan. dr.mbashaar@gmail.com
BMC Womens Health, 2017 Jul 25;17(1):51.
PMID: 28743261 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-017-0411-1

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depression (A&D) are commonly reported among pregnant women from all over the world; however, there is a paucity of workable data from the developing countries including Pakistan. The current study, therefore, aims to find out the frequency and predictors of A&D among pregnant women attending a tertiary healthcare institutes in the city of Quetta, in the Balochistan province, Pakistan.

METHODS: A questionnaire based, cross-sectional survey was conducted. The pre-validated Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used to assess the frequency of A&D among study respondents. Anxiety and depression scores were calculated via standard scoring procedures while logistic regression was used to identify the predictors of A&D. SPSS v. 20 was used for data analysis and p 

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