| Title |
Post partum anxiety and depression in peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-9-384 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Niloufer S Ali, Badar S Ali, Iqbal S Azam |
| Abstract |
Postpartum anxiety and depression is a major public health concern because of its adverse effects on the cognitive and social development of the infant. Globally postpartum depression has been widely investigated but as anxiety is a more prominent feature of postpartum depression we assessed the prevalence of anxiety and depression and their associated factors in post partum women. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 303 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 296 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 53 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 39 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 11% |
| Researcher | 26 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 5% |
| Other | 63 | 21% |
| Unknown | 75 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 71 | 23% |
| Psychology | 40 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 39 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 13 | 4% |
| Other | 38 | 13% |
| Unknown | 81 | 27% |