Prevalence and Factors Associated With Antepartum Depression Among Adolescent Women in the Assin North District of Ghana: a Cross-sectional Study

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Globally, depression is a leading cause of disease-related disability among women. In low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), the prevalence rate of antepartum depression is estimated to range between 15% and 57% and even higher in adolescent antepartum women. Although a number of studies have shown that depression is common in adolescent pregnancies and has a prevalence ra...

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• Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
• Depression, Postpartum
• Life Change Events
• Maternal Age
• Oxytocin
• Premature Birth
• Social Class
• Thyroid Function Tests

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5d526f5e-2f15-58ad-956d-ed61c084ad1a

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-3591659/v1