Review Article

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Antenatal Depression in Ethiopia: Systematic Review

Table 4

Maternal risk factors for antenatal depression.

Maternal FactorLikelihood to develop antenatal depressionAuthor

Mental disorderPrevious history of depression is 3x and 3.48x at higher odds than no history of depressionAbera et al., 2015; Telake et al., 2017

Pregnancy relatedUnplanned pregnancy is 3x and 2.39 at higher odds than planned pregnancyAbera et al., 2015; Telake et al., 2017
Unwanted pregnancy is 6.99x and 1.96x at higher odds than wanted pregnancyMartha et al., 2017; Yohannis et al., 2013
Women with planned pregnancy are 96% less likely to report depression than those with unplanned pregnancyYihalem et al., 2016

ANC follow-upPrevious irregular ANC follow-up is 11.4x at higher odds than regular ANC follow-upTadesse et al., 2016
No previous ANC follow-up is 11.9x at higher odds than those with ANC follow-up.Tadesse et al., 2016

Pregnancy related complicationsWomen with no previous history of obstetric complications are 23% less likely to have depressive symptoms.Assefa GW, 2015
Self-reported complications in pregnancy are 2x at higher oddsTesera et al., 2017
Fear of pregnancy complications is 3.49X at higher odds of depressionMartha et al., 2017
Complication in the current pregnancy is 3.29x at higher odds of depression than absence of complicationTelake et al., 2017
History of previous abortion is 2.86x at higher oddsMartha et al., 2017
History of stillbirth is 3.97x at higher oddsTelake et al., 2017
History of abortion is 2.57x at higher oddsTelake et al., 2017

TrimesterPregnancies in the third trimester are 1.7x at higher odds than first trimesterTelake et al., 2017

ConflictsPresence of conflicts with husband is 0.35x at higher odds to develop antenatal depressionAssefa GW,2015
Presence of marital conflicts is 22.68x and 6.45x at higher odds to develop antenatal depressionMartha et al., 2017; Yihalem et al., 2016
History of intimate partner violence is 0.19x at higher odds to develop antenatal depressionAssefa GW,2015

Social supportLack of father support is 2x at higher odds to develop antenatal depressionAbera et al., 2015
Lack of support is 0.35x at higher odds to develop antenatal depressionAssefa GW, 2015
Women with moderate, medium and high social support during pregnancy are less likely to report depressive symptoms (0.27x odds, 0.21x odds and 0.23x odds respectively)Yohannis et al., 2013