ArticleJournal of affective disorders reports2022
Prevalence and risk factors associated with depression in pregnant adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Early motherhood, early burden: depression among teenage pregnancy and early motherhood in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Depressive symptoms and its determinants among people living with HIV in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Depression during pregnancy and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Perinatal Adolescents in Kenya: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
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- Adolescent pregnancy and early gestation depressive symptoms in rural Bangladesh: Is there an association?PloS one · 2026Article
- Depressive and anxiety symptomatology among caregivers of children 0-3 years in Nairobi City County: Community-based prevalence study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Key predictors of postpartum depression and anxiety symptoms among mothers in Kilifi, Kenya: a machine learning approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- "I am a mother but still a girl": a phenomenological study of postpartum emotional distress among adolescent mothers in Ghana.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Depression among pregnant teenagers receiving antenatal care from primary healthcare facilities in Mbarara city, Southwestern Uganda.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Prevalence and correlates of depressive and anxiety symptoms among pregnant women from an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Examining the associations between social support and postpartum depression symptoms among adolescent mothers in Nairobi, Kenya.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Motherhood and mental health of adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among school-going adolescents in Kenya.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with antenatal depression among women attending antenatal care at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Understanding depression treatment and perinatal service preferences of Kenyan pregnant adolescents: A discrete choice experiment.PloS one · 2023Review
- Diverse policy maker perspectives on the mental health of pregnant and parenting adolescent girls in Kenya: Considerations for comprehensive, adolescent-centered policies and programs.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of probable depression amongst pregnant and parenting young females: a comparison of adolescents and young adults in rural South Africa.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Adolescent parenthood can be associated with a range of adverse outcomes for young mothers such as depression, substance abuse, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Identification of depression and understanding risk factors among pregnant adolescents is important for development of appropriate interventions and programs focused on adolescent mental health. This paper reports on the findings of the prevalence of depression and its associated risk factors among pregnant adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya. Methods: We recruited 153 pregnant adolescent (14-18 years) who were accessing maternal health services in one of two Nairobi County primary health care facilities in the cross-sectional survey conducted in 2021. The Patient Health Questionnaire 9 was used to screen for depression. Multivariate Stepwise linear regression modelling was used to identify key predictors of depression. Results: Using a cut off of 10 and above on PHQ-9, we found that 43.1% of the respondents were depressed. Depressive symptoms in were independently associated with being in school, experience of intimate partner violence, substance use within the family and having experienced pressure to use substances by family or peers. Limitations: Cross-sectional by design and the applications of our findings are limited to settings that are similar to our study population. The PHQ-9 used has not been psychometrically validated locally in this sample. Conclusion: We found a high prevalence of depressive symptoms among respondents. These risk factors identified merit further investigation. Comprehensive mental health screening needs to be integrated in primary and community health services on the possible presence of depression.
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