Department of Psychology, University of Lahore, Pakistan.
Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2020 Dec;70(12(A)):2138-2142. doi: 10.5455/JPMA.14559.
The study aimed to examine effect of prenatal anxiety and depression on the prediction of postnatal anxiety and depression among pregnant women. In addition, to find out mean differences in prenatal and postnatal anxiety and depression among primary and multigravida pregnant women.
This study was conducted at Sargodha Pakistan, on a total number of 100 pregnant women as participants. The sample size was calculated by using sampling adequacy test which confirmed that the sample of 100 was sufficient to carry out the statistical analysis for the present study. Data was collected by administering Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. SPSS-23 was used for data analysis. The study has been completed in one year, from October, 2017 to November, 2018.
Results indicated prenatal anxiety has significant positive correlation with prenatal depression (p< .001), postnatal anxiety (p< .001) and postnatal depression (p< .001). The prenatal depression has significant positive correlation with postnatal anxiety (p< .001) and postnatal depression (p< .001). Results also indicated that postnatal anxiety has significant positive correlation with postnatal depression (p< .001).
In this study, findings suggested that there is significant relationship between prenatal and postnatal psychiatric symptoms.
本研究旨在探讨孕妇产前焦虑和抑郁对产后焦虑和抑郁的预测作用。此外，还旨在了解初产妇和经产妇在产前和产后焦虑和抑郁方面的均值差异。
本研究在巴基斯坦的萨戈达进行，共有 100 名孕妇作为参与者。使用抽样充分性检验计算样本量，结果证实 100 名样本足以进行本研究的统计分析。通过使用爱丁堡产后抑郁量表收集数据。使用 SPSS-23 进行数据分析。本研究于 2017 年 10 月至 2018 年 11 月完成，历时一年。
结果表明，产前焦虑与产前抑郁（p<.001）、产后焦虑（p<.001）和产后抑郁（p<.001）呈显著正相关。产前抑郁与产后焦虑（p<.001）和产后抑郁（p<.001）呈显著正相关。结果还表明，产后焦虑与产后抑郁呈显著正相关（p<.001）。
在这项研究中，研究结果表明产前和产后精神症状之间存在显著的关系。
