Anthropometric Nutritional Status and Risk of Depression in Pregnant Women in the City of Cordoba

Authors

  • VS Miranda Centro de Investigaciones en Nutrición Humana (CenINH), Escuela de Nutrición - FCM - UNC
  • C Gil CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN NUTRICIÓN HUMANA, ESCUELA DE NUTRICIÓN,FCM, UNC
  • GA Gorla Colegio de Psicólogos de la Provincia de Córdoba
  • VM Lambert CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN NUTRICIÓN HUMANA, ESCUELA DE NUTRICIÓN,FCM, UNC
  • F Vallejos CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN NUTRICIÓN HUMANA, ESCUELA DE NUTRICIÓN,FCM, UNC
  • MC Grande CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN NUTRICIÓN HUMANA, ESCUELA DE NUTRICIÓN,FCM, UNC
  • MD Román CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN NUTRICIÓN HUMANA, ESCUELA DE NUTRICIÓN,FCM, UNC

Keywords:

PREGNANCY, depression, nutritional status

Abstract

Pregnancy is a stage of high vulnerability due to significant physical and psychological changes that occur rapidly. Depression during pregnancy
(PMAD) is associated with negative events such as inadequate maternal nutrition, substance use, low birth weight, among others. The objective of this study was to describe the nutritional status (NS) and risk of depression in pregnant women in the city of Cordoba from December 2021 to June 2022.

With the approval of the Institutional Ethics Committee for Health-related Research (CIEIS) of the Cordoba University Hospital for Maternity and Neonatal Care, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 65 pregnant women over 18 years of age attending public and private healthcare centers in Córdoba. Anthropometric measurements were taken to assess NS according to BMI/gestational age (Calvo et al., 2009), which was categorized into low weight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity. The self-administered questionnaire Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used to assess the risk of PMAD (with risk ≥13 points). The distribution of NS and PMAD risk was described and a comparison of proportions test was applied to assess possible differences in the occurrence of PMAD risk in each category of NS (significance level=0.05). Stata V17 software was used.

The average age was 28 years old (DE 5). 27.7% were underweight, 10.8% overweight, and 1.5% obese. 23.1% of the women (n=15) were at risk of PMAD. 20.5% (n=8) of the women with an NS within the expected range and 22.2% of the women with low weight showed symptoms of PMAD. In women with some degree of excess weight, 37.5% showed risk of PMAD; however, these differences were not statistically significant (p>0.05).

These results demonstrate that a significant percentage of women with depression symptoms and an NS outside of the expected range suggest a greater occurrence of PMAD risk in those who are overweight

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Published

2022-10-26

How to Cite

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Miranda V, Gil C, Gorla G, Lambert V, Vallejos F, Grande M, Román M. Anthropometric Nutritional Status and Risk of Depression in Pregnant Women in the City of Cordoba. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 26 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];79(Suplemento JIC XXIII). Available from: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/38963

Issue

Vol. 79 No. Suplemento JIC XXIII (2022): Suplemento JIC XXIII

Section

Investigación en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (Resúmenes JIC)

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