ArticleJournal of Yeungnam medical science2023
Depression, sleep quality, and body image disturbances among pregnant women in India: a cross-sectional study.
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- Sleep quality and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The association between body image and depressive symptoms in pregnant and postpartum women: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Sleep quality disparities in different pregnancy trimesters in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- A study on current status and influencing factors of pregnant women's body image in China: A mixed-methods study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Sleep quality and its determinants among pregnant women in Northwest India: A cross-sectional study.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Prevalence and determinants of sleep disturbances among pregnant women: an Indian community-based cross-sectional study.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2025Article
- Melatonin improves maternal sleep deprivation-induced learning and memory impairment, inflammation, and synaptic dysfunction in murine male adult offspring.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPregnancy is associated with a number of physical, emotional, and biological changes that can exacerbate maternal psychological disturbances, such as body image concerns and depression. Sleep disturbances during pregnancy can also have adverse impacts. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression, sleep disturbances, and body image concerns among pregnant women. The study also examined the relationship between these factors and pregnancy-related variables, such as bad obstetric history and whether the pregnancies were unplanned.
methodsA cross-sectional study of 146 pregnant patients was conducted at a tertiary care center over 15 months. The patients were administered the Beck Depression Inventory, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Body Image Concern Inventory questionnaires. Contingency tables, Fisher exact test, and Spearman correlation were used to identify underlying relationships.
resultsThe prevalence of depression was 22.6%. Although body image disturbance was noted in only 2.7% of patients, 46.6% had poor sleep quality. Poor sleep was associated with primigravida status. Bad obstetric history and unplanned pregnancy were associated with depression. Depression was found to be significantly correlated with body image disturbances and poor sleep quality.
conclusionPsychiatric disorders were prevalent during pregnancy. This study highlights the importance of screening for depression in pregnant patients. Counselling and caregiver education can be useful for mitigating psychological disturbances. Management of pregnancies by multidisciplinary teams that include psychiatrists could be immensely useful in improving the pregnancy experiences of patients.
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