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Knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers about perinatal depression in Himachal Pradesh—A cross-sectional study
INTRODUCTION: Perinatal depression is defined as depression occurring in a woman during pregnancy or within 12 months of delivery. It has been associated with many poor outcomes, including maternal, child, and family unit challenges. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10131966/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37122653 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1170_22 |
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author | Gupta, Jyoti Kaushal, Sushruti Priya, Tanu |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Perinatal depression is defined as depression occurring in a woman during pregnancy or within 12 months of delivery. It has been associated with many poor outcomes, including maternal, child, and family unit challenges. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of obstetricians and primary healthcare professionals so that the knowledge gap could be assessed and they could be educated regarding the screening and treatment/referral of patients with peripartum depression. METHODS: The study used a cross-sectional study design with convenience sampling. The data were collected through an online survey among healthcare providers using the Google Forms application. Submission of filled questionnaire implied consent for participation. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the institutional ethics committee. The results were reported as mean and percentages. All data were analysed using Excel software 2019. RESULTS: A total of 53 doctors responded to participate in the study. More than 98% of them were aware of an entity called perinatal depression. Around 89% of the participants do not screen patients for the perinatal period routinely using a screening questionnaire. About 90% of participants agreed with the need for screening for perinatal depression. Less than 50% of participants had heard about the screening questionnaire for the same. Around 89% agreed that all health professionals should have skills in recognising and managing depression. CONCLUSION: There is a need to educate healthcare workers including obstetricians about screening for perinatal depression, thus improving the quality of life of perinatal women and preventing complications due to untreated depression. |
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spelling | pubmed-101319662023-04-27 Knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers about perinatal depression in Himachal Pradesh—A cross-sectional study Gupta, Jyoti Kaushal, Sushruti Priya, Tanu J Family Med Prim Care Original Article INTRODUCTION: Perinatal depression is defined as depression occurring in a woman during pregnancy or within 12 months of delivery. It has been associated with many poor outcomes, including maternal, child, and family unit challenges. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of obstetricians and primary healthcare professionals so that the knowledge gap could be assessed and they could be educated regarding the screening and treatment/referral of patients with peripartum depression. METHODS: The study used a cross-sectional study design with convenience sampling. The data were collected through an online survey among healthcare providers using the Google Forms application. Submission of filled questionnaire implied consent for participation. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the institutional ethics committee. The results were reported as mean and percentages. All data were analysed using Excel software 2019. RESULTS: A total of 53 doctors responded to participate in the study. More than 98% of them were aware of an entity called perinatal depression. Around 89% of the participants do not screen patients for the perinatal period routinely using a screening questionnaire. About 90% of participants agreed with the need for screening for perinatal depression. Less than 50% of participants had heard about the screening questionnaire for the same. Around 89% agreed that all health professionals should have skills in recognising and managing depression. CONCLUSION: There is a need to educate healthcare workers including obstetricians about screening for perinatal depression, thus improving the quality of life of perinatal women and preventing complications due to untreated depression. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-03 2023-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10131966/ /pubmed/37122653 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1170_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Gupta, Jyoti Kaushal, Sushruti Priya, Tanu Knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers about perinatal depression in Himachal Pradesh—A cross-sectional study |
title | Knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers about perinatal depression in Himachal Pradesh—A cross-sectional study |
title_full | Knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers about perinatal depression in Himachal Pradesh—A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers about perinatal depression in Himachal Pradesh—A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers about perinatal depression in Himachal Pradesh—A cross-sectional study |
title_short | Knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers about perinatal depression in Himachal Pradesh—A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers about perinatal depression in himachal pradesh—a cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10131966/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37122653 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1170_22 |
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