Feasibility of training primary healthcare workers to identify antenatal depression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15700747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Thomas (0000-0003-1998-8832, corresponding author), Maria Ekstrand (0000-0003-4735-6162, University of California, San Francisco), Tinku Thomas (0000-0002-1786-6076, St.John's Medical College Hospital), Krishnamachari Srinivasan (0000-0003-1009-9094, St.John's Medical College Hospital) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | e57-e57 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2054-4251 • E-ISSN: 2054-4251 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/gmh.2023.48 |
| PMID | 37854389 |
| OpenAlex | W4386294804 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
Identifying women with depressive symptoms is the first step to reducing the risk of the short-term and long-term consequences of antenatal depression. Task shifting by training primary healthcare workers may help to reduce the burden in low-resource settings. Twenty health workers in a primary healthcare center in urban Bengaluru were trained to screen and identify antenatal depression. The training had two components: knowledge-based, using the depression module in the Mental Health Gap Action Program; and skills-based hands-on training, using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Knowledge about antenatal depression in the health workers improved by three units after training ( p p = 0.032 and p = 0.036, respectively). Following the training, 25% of the pregnant women who underwent screening by health workers reported depressive symptoms, as compared to no positive screening before training. Training was found to improve the knowledge, perceived skills and self-efficacy of nurses, junior health assistants and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), and was found to increase the screening rate of depression in an antenatal clinic in urban India. Incorporating screening for depressive symptoms into regular antenatal care is feasible in low-resource settings
Accreditation · Depression (economics · Family medicine · Health care · Medical education · Mental health · Psychiatry · Global Maternal and Child Health · Health disparities and outcomes · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing
Identifying the women at risk of antenatal anxiety and depression
A systematic review and meta-regression of the prevalence and incidence of perinatal depression
Gender, Poverty, and Postnatal Depression
Epidemiology of maternal depression, risk factors, and child outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries
Prevalence and determinants of common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and lower-middle-income countries
Risk factors for antenatal depression, postnatal depression and parenting stress
The PHQ-9
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |