ArticleScientific reports2026
Effects of antenatal depression on adverse birth outcomes among women attending antenatal care at Jimma University Medical Center, Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study.
Article in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Existing evidence indicated an increasing burden of antenatal depression on adverse birth outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. However, the evidence regarding the effect of antenatal depression on adverse birth outcomes is not well understood in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of antenatal depression on adverse birth outcomes at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia. A facility-based prospective cohort study was conducted among 255 pregnant women at Jimma University Medical Center from May to September 2023. A convenient sampling technique was employed to select study subjects. Adverse birth outcomes were measured by having one or more negative newborn outcomes. Antenatal depression was assessed using the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale. A pretested, interviewer-administered, structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. A bivariable and multivariable log-binomial model was used to examine the association between antenatal depression and adverse birth outcomes. A statistically significant association was declared at a P value less than 0.05. Results In this study, the estimated cumulative incidence of adverse birth outcomes was 53% and 29% among women with and without antenatal depression, respectively. The proportion of antenatal depression was 20%. Physically inactive women (ARR = 1.54;95%CI:1.22,1.94), exposed to tobacco (ARR = 2.64;95%CI:1.90,3.67), chronic medical illness (ARR = 2.14; 95%CI:1.68,2.72), induced labor (ARR = 1.47; 95%CI:1.17,1.85), and antenatal depression (ARR = 1.58; 95%CI:1.26, 1.95) were the predictors of the risk of adverse birth outcomes. The incidence of adverse birth outcomes among women with and without depression at Jimma University Medical Center was 53% and 29%, respectively. Physically inactive women, exposed to tobacco, chronic medical illness, induced labor, and particularly antenatal depression, were statistically significantly associated with newborn adverse birth outcomes. Thus, to minimize the incidence of adverse birth outcomes, early anticipation, screening, and management of antenatal depression are recommended during antenatal care follow-up.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.