Table 3. Distribution of behavioral, psychological and obstetrical variables and their association with depressive symptoms in pregnant women from two public maternity hospitals of reference in the city of Goiânia, Brazil, 2015 (n = 375).
| Characteristics | Depressive symptoms*** | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| n | % | n | % | PR (95%CI) | p | |
| Behavioral variable | ||||||
| Physical activity during pregnancy | ||||||
| No | 53/303 | 17.49 | 250/303 | 82.51 | 3.96 (1.28–12.31) | 0.006* |
| Yes | 3/68 | 4.41 | 65/68 | 95.59 | ||
| Psychiatric history | ||||||
| Previous mental problem | ||||||
| Yes | 9/24 | 37.50 | 15/24 | 62.50 | 2.66 (1.49–4.73) | 0.002* |
| No | 49/347 | 14.12 | 298/347 | 85.88 | ||
| Previous family depression | ||||||
| Yes | 18/80 | 22.50 | 62/80 | 77.50 | 1.68 (1.02–2.78) | 0.046* |
| No | 38/284 | 13.38 | 246/284 | 86.62 | ||
| Violence variables | ||||||
| Suffered physical violence | ||||||
| Yes | 4/11 | 36.36 | 7/11 | 63.64 | 2.43 (1.07–5.52) | 0.075** |
| No | 54/363 | 14.96 | 307/361 | 85.04 | ||
| Suffered psychological/emotional violence | ||||||
| Yes | 36/96 | 37.50 | 60/96 | 62.50 | 4.74 (2.94–7.64) | 0.001* |
| No | 22/278 | 7.91 | 256/278 | 92.09 | ||
| Obstetrical variables | ||||||
| Obstetric complications in the current pregnancy | ||||||
| Yes | 35/141 | 24.82 | 106/141 | 75.18 | 2.53 (1.55–4.13) | 0.001* |
| No | 22/224 | 9.82 | 202/224 | 90.18 | ||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; n, number; PR, prevalence ratio.
*Chi-square test; ** Fisher's Exact Test; *** Score ≥ 12 on the subscale of depression from the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).