Vesile ?entürk|Melanie Abas|O?uz E. Berksun|Robert Stewart
Social support and antenatal depression in extended and nuclear family environments in Turkey: a cross-sectional survey
Ankara University|King's College London|Ankara University|King's College London
social support strongly implicated aetiology perinatal mental disorder particularly quality marital family environment family structures important underresearched potential modifiers turkey offers particular advantages research area longstanding coexistence western middle eastern family structures aimed investigate associations quality key relationships depression women third trimester pregnancy extent associations modified family structurewomen attending antenatal clinics third trimester recruited urban rural settings ankara nuclear family structure defined wife husband living alone children household whereas traditionalextended family structure defined another adult living married couple household depression ascertained using edinburgh postnatal depression scale epds social support assessed close person questionnaire respect husband mother motherinlaw social support compared participants withwithout caselevel depression epds linear regression models adjusted relevant covariates stratified nucleartraditional family structureof 772 women approached 751 973 participated 730 946 sufficient data analysis prevalence caselevel depression 331 associated lower social support three family members traditionalnuclear family structure association depression lower emotional support husband significantly stronger traditional compared nuclear family environmentslower quality relationships key family members strongly associated third trimester depression family structure modified association contrary expectations spousal emotional support stronger correlate antenatal depression traditional rather nuclear family settings previous psychiatric history formally ascertained temporal relationship mood state social support needs clarified