Psychiatric morbidity in a pregnant population in Nigeria

Psychiatric morbidity in a pregnant population in Nigeria

Psychiatric morbidity among 240 pregnant women attending an antenatal unit was assessed by a two-stage screening procedure, using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30) and Present State Examination Schedule (PSE). The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity was found to be significantly associated w...

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Veröffentlicht in:General hospital psychiatry 1993-03, Vol.15 (2), p.125-128
Hauptverfasser: Abiodun, O.A., Adetoro, O.O., Ogunbode, O.O.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Sectional Studies
Developing Countries
Female
Humans
Incidence
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Nigeria - epidemiology
Personality Inventory
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications - psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:Psychiatric morbidity among 240 pregnant women attending an antenatal unit was assessed by a two-stage screening procedure, using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30) and Present State Examination Schedule (PSE). The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity was found to be significantly associated with younger age (
ISSN:0163-8343
1873-7714
DOI:10.1016/0163-8343(93)90109-2