Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Antenatal Depression among Pregnant Women Attending Tertiary Care Hospitals in South India
Table 2
Obstetric and medical characteristics of the study sample.
| | Sl no. | Obstetric and medical characteristics | Not depressed () (245) | Depressed () (69) | Total (314) | Significance |
| | 1 | Presence of health problems during the current pregnancy | | | Yes | 71 (28.98%) | 30 (43.47%) | 101 (32.17%) |
| | No | 174 (71.02%) | 39 (56.52%) | 213 (67.83%) |
| | 2 | Thyroid problem | | | Yes | 25 (10.20%) | 8 (11.60%) | 33 (10.51%) |
| | No | 220 (89.80%) | 61 (88.40%) | 281 (89.49%) |
| | 3 | History of past psychiatric illness | | | Yes | 2 (0.82%) | 2 (2.90%) | 4 (1.28%) |
| | No | 243 (99.18%) | 67 (97.10%) | 310 (98.72%) |
| | 4 | Alcoholism in spouse | | | Yes | 31 (12.66%) | 5 (7.25%) | 36 (11.47%) |
| | No | 214 (87.34%) | 64 (92.75%) | 278 (88.53%) |
| | 5 | Parity | | | Primigravida | 136 (55.52%) | 35 (50.72%) | 171 (54.46%) |
| | Multigravida | 109 (44.48%) | 34 (49.28%) | 143 (45.54%) |
| | 6 | Previous history of miscarriage | | | Yes | 52 (21.22%) | 20 (28.99%) | 72 (22.93%) |
| | No | 193 (78.78%) | 49 (71.01%) | 242 (77.07%) |
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