Antenatal depression among women hospitalized due to threatened preterm labor in a high-risk pregnancy unit in Greece.

Themistoklis DagklisIoannis TsakiridisFoteini ChouliaraApostolos MamopoulosDavid RoussoApostolos AthanasiadisGeorgios Papazisis

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2017)

About one quarter of the pregnant women hospitalized in the HRPU due to threatened preterm labor were depressed based on the EPDS. Thoughts of abortion were associated with a sixfold increase in the risk of depression, while no associations were found between antenatal depression and other sociodemographic and obstetric parameters.

Keyphrases

pregnant women
preterm birth
pregnancy outcomes
depressive symptoms
sleep quality
low birth weight
gestational age
preterm infants
skeletal muscle