Social support and the incidence and persistence of depression between antenatal and postnatal examinations in Turkey: a cohort study

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ŞENTÜRK CANKORUR V., Abas M., Berksun O., Stewart R.

BMJ OPEN, cilt.5, sa.4, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006456
  • Dergi Adı: BMJ OPEN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: This study aims to measure incidence and persistence of depression and to investigate the influence of self-reported antenatal social support and traditional/nuclear family structure on incidence and persistence of depression between the third trimester of pregnancy and following childbirth. We hypothesised that lower antenatal social support would be associated with incidence and persistence of case-level depressive symptoms and the family structure would have an effect on the incidence and persistence of depressive symptoms.