Table 2 Prevalence of antenatal depression (as measured by EPDS) across demographic and health characteristics
Depression prevalence n(%) | p-value* | |
|---|---|---|
Total | 38(7.5) | |
Demographic and socioeconomic | ||
Age | 0.002 | |
≤25 | 7(5.3) | |
26 – 30 | 7(3.7) | |
≥31 | 24(13.0) | |
Trimester | 0.092 | |
1 | 5(9.4) | |
2 | 11(4.8) | |
3 | 22(9.8) | |
Parity | 0.002 | |
Primiparous | 7(3.3) | |
Multiparous | 31(10.5) | |
Employment | 0.009 | |
Outside work | 7(3.6) | |
Housewife | 31(10.1) | |
Religion/Ethnicity | 1.000 | |
Buddhist Sinhala | 30(7.7) | |
Other | 8(7.0) | |
Education | 0.076 | |
Primary or Below | 3(13.0) | |
Junior Secondary | 25(9.9) | |
Senior Secondary | 8(4.7) | |
College or Above | 2(3.4) | |
Social class | 0.003 | |
Highest | 5(6.8) | |
Higher | 4(2.3) | |
Lower | 21(10.8) | |
Lowest | 8(12.3) | |
Health | ||
Subfertility | 0.516 | |
Yes | 4(10.1) | |
No | 34(13.7) | |
Diabetes mellitus | 0.006 | |
Yes | 7(21.9) | |
No | 31(6.6) | |
History of LBW baby | 0.055 | |
Yes | 6(15.8) | |
No | 32(6.9) | |
History of abortion | 0.201 | |
Yes | 7(11.5) | |
No | 31(7.0) | |
BMI | 0.234 | |
Low BMI | 7(5.4) | |
Normal BMI | 21(7.3) | |
High BMI | 10(11.6) | |
History of pre-eclampsia | 0.022 | |
Yes | 6(19.4) | |
No | 32(6.8) | |