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ArticleJournal of community health2016

Screening for Antepartum Depression Through Community Health Outreach in Swaziland.

Mats Målqvist, Kelly Clarke, Themba Matsebula, Mattias Bergman, Mark Tomlinson

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Article in Journal of community health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Mats MålqvistInternational Maternal and Child Health, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. mats.malqvist@kbh.uu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-8184-3530
Kelly ClarkeUniversity College London, London, UK.
Themba MatsebulaSiphilile Maternal and Child Health (NGO), Matsapha, Swaziland.
Mattias BergmanInternational Maternal and Child Health, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Mark TomlinsonStellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Uppsala University · SEStellenbosch University · ZAUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Neighborhood Alcohol & HIV Prevention in South African TownshipsR01AA017104 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ROTHERAM-BORUS, MARY JANE · 2007 to 2011
$3.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA017104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maternal depression, including antepartum and postpartum depression, is a neglected public health issue with potentially far-reaching effects on maternal and child health. We aimed to measure the burden of antepartum depression and identify risk factors among women in a peri-urban community in Swaziland. We conducted a cross-sectional study within the context of a community outreach peer support project involving "Mentor Mothers". We used of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) to screen women for depression during the third trimester of pregnancy, using a cut-off score of ≥13 to indicate depression. We also collected demographic and socioeconomic factors, and assessed the association of these factors with EPDS score using logistic regression models. A total of 1038 pregnant women were screened over a period of 9 months. Almost a quarter (22.7 %) had EPDS scores ≥13 and 41.2 % were HIV positive. A fifth, 17.5 % were teenagers and 73.7 % were unemployed. Depression was not associated with HIV status, age or employment status. However, women with multiple socioeconomic stressors were found to be more likely to score highly on the EPDS. Depression was common among pregnant women in the peri-urban areas of Swaziland. Screening for depression using the EPDS is feasible and can be included in the community health worker standard tool box as a way to improve early detection of depression and to highlight the importance of maternal mental health as a core public health concern.

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Community-Institutional RelationsAdolescentDepressionEswatiniFemaleHumansMass ScreeningMothersPregnancyYoung AdultAntepartum depressionCommunity healthEPDSSwaziland

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PMID26942766
PMCPMC5659190
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