Relationship between anemia and depressive mood in the last trimester of pregnancy.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Yılmaz, Elif; Yılmaz, Zehra; Çakmak, Bülent; Gültekin, İsmail Burak; Çekmez, Yasemin; Mahmutoğlu, Selma; Küçüközkan, Tuncay
- Source
- Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2017, Vol. 30 Issue 8, p977-982. 6p.
- Subject
- *ANEMIA in pregnancy
*MENTAL depression
*THIRD trimester of pregnancy
*MULTIPLE regression analysis
*CROSS-sectional method
*POSTPARTUM depression diagnosis
*AFFECT (Psychology)
*ANEMIA
*MEDICAL screening
*POSTPARTUM depression
*EDINBURGH Postnatal Depression Scale
*PREGNANCY complications
*SEVERITY of illness index
*DISEASE complications
*PSYCHOLOGY
*DIAGNOSIS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1476-7058
Objective: To compare the relationship between the severity of anemia and depressive mood in the last trimester of pregnancy.Methods: A cross-sectional study, enrolled a total of 450 pregnant women who attended the antenatal clinics in their third trimester for their routine antenatal follow-up. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. The study group was divided into two groups according to presence of anemia; anemic group (Hb < 11 gr/L; n = 150) and non-anemic group (Hb ≥ 11 gr/L; n = 300) and depression scores were compared.Results: One hundred and fourteen (25.3%) women scored ≥13 points which were considered the cutoff value for depression on the EPDS. Anemia frequency was found as 33.3%. The total EPDS score was significantly higher in the anemic group (EPDS score 11 [min-max 0-29]) compared with the non-anemic group (EPDS score 7 [min-max 0-21]) (p = 0.000). Multiple regression analysis also revealed that serum Hb level was an independent factor for antenatal depressive mood.Conclusions: As anemia is associated with higher depressive symptom levels, it should be carefully considered during pregnancy. Prospective studies are needed to confirm our results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]