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Migrant perinatal depression study: a prospective cohort study of perinatal depression on the Thai-Myanmar border

Migrant perinatal depression study: a prospective cohort study of perinatal depression on the Thai-Myanmar border
Migrant perinatal depression study: a prospective cohort study of perinatal depression on the Thai-Myanmar border

Purpose: perinatal depression is a significant contributor to maternal morbidity. Migrant women in resource-poor settings may be at increased risk, yet little research has been conducted in low-income and middle-income settings. This prospective cohort study of migrant women on the Thai-Myanmar border aims to establish prevalence of perinatal depression, identify risk factors for perinatal depression and examine associations with infant outcomes.

Participants: participating women are labour migrants and refugees living on the Thai-Myanmar border. A total of 568 women were recruited in their first trimester of pregnancy and are being followed up to 1-year postpartum.

Findings to date: at baseline, women in our study had a median age of 25 years, the predominant ethnicity was Sgaw Karen (48.9%), agriculture was the main employment sector (39.2%) and educational attainment was low with a median of 4 years of education. In the first trimester of pregnancy, a quarter (25.8%; 95% CI 22.3 to 29.5) of all women were depressed as diagnosed by the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnosis of DSM-IV Disorders.

Future plans: follow-up is ongoing and expected to continue until January 2018. The prevalence of depression at later stages of pregnancy and during the first postpartum year will be identified, and associations between depression status and demographic, social, migration-related, medical, obstetric and infant factors will be quantified.

Trial registration number: NCT02790905.

Adult, Depression/epidemiology, Female, Humans, Maternal Health Services, Myanmar/epidemiology, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications/epidemiology, Pregnancy Trimester, First/psychology, Pregnant Women/psychology, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Thailand/epidemiology, Transients and Migrants/psychology, Young Adult
2044-6055
Fellmeth, Gracia
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Plugge, Emma H.
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Fellmeth, Gracia, Plugge, Emma H., Carrara, Verena, Fazel, Mina, Oo, May May, Phichitphadungtham, Yuwapha, Pimanpanarak, Mupawjay, Wai, Naw Kerry, Mu, Oh, Charunwatthana, Prakaykaew, Nosten, François, Fitzpatrick, Raymond and Mcgready, Rose (2018) Migrant perinatal depression study: a prospective cohort study of perinatal depression on the Thai-Myanmar border. BMJ Open, 8 (1), [e017129]. (doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017129).

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Abstract

Purpose: perinatal depression is a significant contributor to maternal morbidity. Migrant women in resource-poor settings may be at increased risk, yet little research has been conducted in low-income and middle-income settings. This prospective cohort study of migrant women on the Thai-Myanmar border aims to establish prevalence of perinatal depression, identify risk factors for perinatal depression and examine associations with infant outcomes.

Participants: participating women are labour migrants and refugees living on the Thai-Myanmar border. A total of 568 women were recruited in their first trimester of pregnancy and are being followed up to 1-year postpartum.

Findings to date: at baseline, women in our study had a median age of 25 years, the predominant ethnicity was Sgaw Karen (48.9%), agriculture was the main employment sector (39.2%) and educational attainment was low with a median of 4 years of education. In the first trimester of pregnancy, a quarter (25.8%; 95% CI 22.3 to 29.5) of all women were depressed as diagnosed by the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnosis of DSM-IV Disorders.

Future plans: follow-up is ongoing and expected to continue until January 2018. The prevalence of depression at later stages of pregnancy and during the first postpartum year will be identified, and associations between depression status and demographic, social, migration-related, medical, obstetric and infant factors will be quantified.

Trial registration number: NCT02790905.

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Accepted/In Press date: 7 September 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 January 2018
Published date: 5 January 2018
Keywords: Adult, Depression/epidemiology, Female, Humans, Maternal Health Services, Myanmar/epidemiology, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications/epidemiology, Pregnancy Trimester, First/psychology, Pregnant Women/psychology, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Thailand/epidemiology, Transients and Migrants/psychology, Young Adult

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Local EPrints ID: 485236
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/485236
ISSN: 2044-6055
PURE UUID: 377b0cf7-a882-4b79-b405-8938baff7271
ORCID for Emma H. Plugge: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8359-0071

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Date deposited: 01 Dec 2023 17:45
Last modified: 12 Jul 2024 02:06

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Author: Gracia Fellmeth
Author: Emma H. Plugge ORCID iD
Author: Verena Carrara
Author: Mina Fazel
Author: May May Oo
Author: Yuwapha Phichitphadungtham
Author: Mupawjay Pimanpanarak
Author: Naw Kerry Wai
Author: Oh Mu
Author: Prakaykaew Charunwatthana
Author: François Nosten
Author: Raymond Fitzpatrick
Author: Rose Mcgready

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