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Perinatal depression and implementation of the “Thinking Healthy program” support intervention in an impoverished setting of Lima, Peru: Assessment before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Source :
- Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health; 2023, Vol. 10, p1-8, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Socios En Salud (SES) implemented the Thinking Healthy program (THP) to support women with perinatal depression before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lima Norte. We carried out an analysis of the in-person (5 modules) and remote (1 module) THP intervention. Depression was detected using PHQ-9, and THP sessions were delivered in women with a score (PHQ-9 ≥ 5). Depression was reassessed and pre- and post-scores were compared. In the prepandemic cohort, perinatal depression was 25.4% (47/185), 47 women received THP and 27 were reassessed (57.4%), and the PHQ-9 score median decreased from 8 to 2, p < 0.001. In the pandemic cohort, perinatal depression was 47.5% (117/247), 117 women received THP and 89 were reassessed (76.1%), and the PHQ-9 score median decreased from 7 to 2, p < 0.001. THP’s modalities helped to reduce perinatal depression. Pregnant women who received a module remotely also reduced depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26411148
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176482600
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.45