Predicting postnatal mental disorder with a screening questionnaire: a prospective cohort study from Zimbabwe

Prevalence and determinants of common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review

“…Such difficulties included having a partner who rejected paternity, who was unsupportive and uninvolved, or critical and quarrelsome, and who used alcohol to excess. 8,27,28,31,38,39,45,48 Higher average symptom scores among women in polygamous rather than monogamous marriages were found in Nigeria 53 and Nepal, 31 but not in Ethiopia. 30 Only seven 24,25,28,[30][31][32]40 studies investigated an association with intimate partner violence.…”

“…9,18,25,28,45,48 The risk of CPMD was higher among women whose postpartum care was provided by their mothers-in-law or who received no help from their mothers-in-law at all, or among those who feared or argued with their in-laws or who had insufficient social support. 17,24,26,42 In some studies, women who lived in a nuclear, rather than a multigenerational household, 45 whose mothers lived in a rural area, 38 or who lacked an affectionate and trusting relationship with their own mothers 25 were at increased risk. 45 However, no significant relationship of this kind was found in other studies.…”

“…The most representative ones, on the other hand, are those that recruited systematically in health services, including those located in rural areas, in low-and lower-middleincome countries where most women (> 90%) make at least one antenatal visit, 25,38 or those that recruited women who would not usually attend antenatal care, systematically 27,30,45 (Fig. 2 and Table 4).…”

“…Eleven studies 9,10,14,18,[25][26][27][28]38,45,48 investigated the risks associated with difficult interpersonal relationships other than with the spouse. They focused in particular on conflicts between a woman and her in-laws in settings where women move into the in-laws' household after marriage.…”

Poverty and postnatal depression: a systematic mapping of the evidence from low and lower middle income countries

“…p.209 (Nakku et al, 2006) "profession, education and income were also recorded to enable classification of socioeconomic status …i.e. high socioeconomic class (HSEC), middle socioeconomic class (MSEC) and low socioeconomic class (LSEC) (Nagpal et al, 2008) Income / Finances/ Assets and housing Household income Black et al, 2007;Chersich et al, 2009;Gao et al, 2009;Nhiwatiwa et al, 1998;Xie et al, 2009) Family income (Chandran et al, 2002{Husain, 2006#4023{Pollock, 2009#119{Savarimuthu, 2009 trading/civil servant/unemployed/student (Nigeria) (Adeyemi et al, 2008) Hunger "Had been hungry during past month because of lack of money" (India) (Patel et al, 2002) 19 Husain et al, 2006b; Financial difficulties (Pollock et al, 2009) (Abiodun, 2006;Alami et al, 2006;Ho-Yen et al, 2007;Patel et al, 2002;Pollock et al, 2009) - (Abiodun, 2006) (Husain et al, 2006b) Human capital Maternal education - (Black et al, 2009;Black et al, 2007;Fisher et al, 2004;Gao et al, 2009;Gausia et al, 2009;Ho-Yen et al, 2007;Patel et al, 2002;Pollock et al, 2009;Savarimuthu et al, 2009) - (Abiodun, 2006) (Agoub et al, 2005;Alami et al, 2006;Mariam & Srinivasan, 2009; Paternal employment Rahman, Iqbal et al 2003) (Fisher et al, 2004Patel et al, 2002 20 …”