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Post partum anxiety and depression in peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study

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Title
Post partum anxiety and depression in peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study
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BMC Public Health, October 2009
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-9-384
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Niloufer S Ali, Badar S Ali, Iqbal S Azam

Abstract

Postpartum anxiety and depression is a major public health concern because of its adverse effects on the cognitive and social development of the infant. Globally postpartum depression has been widely investigated but as anxiety is a more prominent feature of postpartum depression we assessed the prevalence of anxiety and depression and their associated factors in post partum women.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Ghana 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 285 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 53 18%
Student > Bachelor 39 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 11%
Researcher 27 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 5%
Other 50 17%
Unknown 76 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 71 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 40 14%
Psychology 40 14%
Social Sciences 21 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 2%
Other 32 11%
Unknown 82 28%