Are Providers Adequately Screening for Anxiety Symptoms During Pregnancy?
Nurs Womens Health
; 28(2): 109-116, 2024 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To examine the difference in prevalence of self-reported anxiety symptoms throughout pregnancy compared to clinical diagnosis of an anxiety disorder by a provider.DESIGN:
Secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort study of 50 pregnant individuals. SETTING/LOCALPROBLEM:
Pregnant individuals commonly experience heightened anxiety symptoms, which are associated with adverse perinatal outcomes. However, a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder by a health care provider is less common, which may result in insufficient mental health intervention.PARTICIPANTS:
Pregnant individuals were recruited at their first prenatal appointment and followed until birth. INTERVENTION/MEASUREMENTS We examined anxiety symptoms using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Anxiety subscale. We conducted a medical record review to examine if pregnant individuals were clinically diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.RESULTS:
Based on an Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Anxiety subscale cutoff score of ≥5, 40% (n = 20) of individuals experienced anxiety symptoms during pregnancy. However, only 16% (n = 8) of participants were diagnosed with an anxiety disorder by a health care provider.CONCLUSION:
Anxiety symptoms are prevalent throughout pregnancy and may be underdiagnosed by health care providers. An intervention to increase clinical diagnosis of an anxiety disorder and subsequent referral to a mental health specialist may be indicated.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Complicações na Gravidez
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Depressão Pós-Parto
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurs Womens Health
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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OBSTETRICIA
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PERINATOLOGIA
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SAUDE DA MULHER
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article