Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Amasya University, Amasya, Türkiye.
Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Sciences, Cankırı Karatekın University, Cankırı, Türkiye.
Women Health. 2024 Oct;64(9):736-744. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2024.2402789. Epub 2024 Sep 11.
Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder are two common mental disorders after negative life events. This study was conducted to evaluate the depression and posttraumatic stress levels of pregnant women after the large-scale earthquakes that occurred in Turkey in 2023. The study was carried out with 395 pregnant women who visited maternity outpatient clinics of a public hospital in a province in southern Turkey. The data were collected with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist - Civilian Version (PCL-C). Descriptive statistics, the independent-samples t-test, and the Pearson correlation test were used in the analyses of the data. Among all participants, 3.8 percent had a likely depression risk, and 31.9 percent exhibited posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. A statistically significant relationship was found between the earthquake exposure of the participants and their BDI and PCL-C total scores ( < .05). The BDI scores of the participants also had statistically significant relationships to their PCL-C scores ( < .05). In this study, it was discerned that posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms were prevalent among pregnant women in the post-earthquake period. Psychological support is needed to improve the mental health of the pregnant women after earthquakes.
抑郁和创伤后应激障碍是负面生活事件后两种常见的精神障碍。本研究旨在评估 2023 年土耳其发生大规模地震后孕妇的抑郁和创伤后应激水平。该研究在土耳其南部一个省的一家公立医院的妇产科门诊对 395 名孕妇进行了研究。使用贝克抑郁量表（BDI）和创伤后应激障碍清单-平民版（PCL-C）收集数据。对数据进行描述性统计分析、独立样本 t 检验和 Pearson 相关检验。在所有参与者中，3.8%有抑郁风险，31.9%有创伤后应激障碍症状。参与者的地震暴露与他们的 BDI 和 PCL-C 总分之间存在统计学显著关系（<0.05）。参与者的 BDI 评分与他们的 PCL-C 评分也存在统计学显著关系（<0.05）。在这项研究中，发现在地震后的时期，孕妇中普遍存在创伤后应激障碍症状。需要提供心理支持，以改善地震后孕妇的心理健康。
