Zahidie Aysha, Kazi Ambreen, Fatmi Zafar, Bhatti Muhammad Tufail, Dureshahwar Sayeda
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2011 Dec;61(12):1183-9.
To evaluate the relative power of social relations and social conditions in predicting depression using (CES-D scale) among rural pregnant women belonging to Sind, Pakistan.
The study was conducted from January 2004 tp December 2004. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed. During quantitative phase a total of 375 rural pregnant women were inquired about social conditions, social relations and pregnancy related concerns through a questionnaire based form. Variables were given scores when it applied to a situation of a pregnant woman. Concurrently, in a blind set-up, translated and validated Depression Scale (CES-D) was administered. In multivariate linear regression analysis, relation between scores of social relations and social condition variables with scores of CES-D scale were analyzed.
Prevalence of depression among rural pregnant women is high (62%).Social conditions as compared to social relations are more important determinants for depression among rural pregnant women.
There is a high prevalence of depression in rural areas.
利用流调中心抑郁量表（CES-D量表）评估社会关系和社会状况对巴基斯坦信德省农村孕妇抑郁情况的预测力。
研究于2004年1月至2004年12月进行。采用了定性和定量方法。在定量阶段，通过基于问卷的形式，对总共375名农村孕妇询问了社会状况、社会关系和与怀孕相关的问题。当适用于孕妇情况时，变量会被打分。同时，在盲法设置下，使用翻译并验证过的抑郁量表（CES-D）进行测评。在多元线性回归分析中，分析了社会关系得分和社会状况变量得分与CES-D量表得分之间的关系。
农村孕妇中抑郁症的患病率很高（62%）。与社会关系相比，社会状况是农村孕妇抑郁更重要的决定因素。
农村地区抑郁症患病率很高。
