Karl Peltzer|Violeta J. Rodriguez|Tae Kyoung Lee|Deborah L. Jones
Prevalence of prenatal and postpartum depression and associated factors among HIV-infected women in public primary care in rural South Africa: a longitudinal study
Human Sciences Research Council|University of Limpopo|University of Miami|University of Georgia|University of Miami|University of Miami
study aimed assess longitudinal prevalence prenatal postnatal depression associated factors among hivinfected women rural south africa longitudinal clusterrandomized prevention mother child transmission pmtct intervention trial 681 hivinfected prenatal women 12 community health centres mpumalanga province south africa recruited 2015 consecutive sampling 824 weeks pregnancy followed 32 weeks prenatally 6 12 months postpartum retention rate 592 results indicate baseline 487 women screened positive depression scores 13 edinburgh postnatal depression scale 10 postnatally 12 months prevalence 356 mothers depression 205 501 depression 58 144 depression 81 201 depression 59 146 multinominal logistic regression analyses less education physical psychological intimate partner violence associated sustained perinatal depression participation pmtct intervention associated remitting depression alcohol use associated onset postnatal depression using generalized linear mixed models longitudinal analyses psychological partner violence lack male involvement pregnancy nonadherence antiretroviral treatment associated depression conclusion high pre postnatal prevalence depression found highlighting utility interventions address prevention treatment perinatal depression