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Relationship of Maternal Depression during Pregnancy and Risk of Preeclampsia

Sharda Ghoghre, Tara Singh
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jas.v4.n3.p17
Abstract

Present research paper investigates the relationship of maternal depression during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia. It is a cross sectional study conducted on 200 pregnant women from different maternity homes in Betul & Bhopal District from Madhya Pradesh. IDAS scale was used to see the depression level among pregnant women having preeclampsia or without preeclampsia. For analysis of data One way analysis of variance was used to show the significant relationship between depression and risk of Preeclampsia among pregnant women having preeclampsia and without preeclampsia. The results of the study show significant relationship of depression among pregnant women having preeclampsia and without preeclampsia.

Keywords
Preeclampsia, Depression, Hypertension, Proteinuria
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