Diagnosis of postpartum depression and associated factors in South Africa: a cohort study of 47,697 women
The PPD diagnosis rate was lower than anticipated, based on the PPD prevalence of previous studies, indicating a potential diagnostic gap in SA's private sector. Identified risk factors could inform targeted PPD screening strategies.
Authors
- Naomi Folb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2667-0956)
- Mpho Tlali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0283-2022)
- Mary‐Ann Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8496-6475)
- Kimia Taghavi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-6366)
- Gary Maartens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-6606)
- Chiara Gastaldon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7257-2962)
- Morna Cornell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7149-8799)
- Veronika Skrivankova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0932-4792)
- Cristina Mesa-Vieira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6738-4203)
- Georgios Schoretsanitis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3851-4117)
- Matthias Egger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7462-5132)
- Andreas D. Haas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4849-181X)
- Georgia Salanti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3830-8508)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Northwell Health (US)
- Hofstra University (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (CH)
- Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (ZA)
- Zucker Hillside Hospital (US)
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045796025100103
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- World Health Organization