Prevalence of anxiety, depression and associated factors among pregnant women of Hyderabad, Pakistan

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 414-424

  Karmaliani, Rozina ^a   Asad, Nargis ^a   Bann, Carla M ^b   Moss, Nancy ^c   McClure, Elizabeth M ^b   Pasha, Omrana ^a   Wright, Linda L ^c   Goldenberg, Robert L ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Measurement; Pakistan; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449091470     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008094645     Document Type: Article

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