Level of awareness and treatment of anxiety and depression during pregnancy in southeast Nigeria
South African Journal of Psychiatry
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Level of awareness and treatment of anxiety and depression during pregnancy in southeast Nigeria | |
| Creator | Sunday, Ezeme M. Okoli, Paul C. Dinwoke, Vincent O. | |
| Description | 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. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2018-11-08 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v24i0.1192 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 24 (2018); 5 pages 2078-6786 1608-9685 | |
| Language | eng | |
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