Table 2. Current common mental disorders, alcohol use and psychiatric history in 364 pregnant women and mothers of young infants, northern Viet Nam, 2007.
| Variable | Pregnant women |
Mothers of young infants |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanam (n = 134) | Hanoi (n = 65) | Total (n = 199) | Hanam (n = 100) | Hanoi (n = 65) | Total (n = 165) | ||
| Common perinatal mental disorder | |||||||
| All types, % (95% CI) | 32.9 (25.0–41.1) | 21.5 (13.4–35.5) | 29.1 (22.8–35.5) | 34.0 (24.4–43.1) | 26.1 (16.6–40.6) | 30.9 (23.8–38.0) | |
| Depressive episode, no. (%) | 20 (14.9) | 9 (13.9) | 29 (14.6) | 15 (15) | 9 (13.8) | 24 (14.5) | |
| Dysthymia, no. (%) | 4 (3.0) | 1 (1.5) | 5 (2.5) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Panic disorder, no. (%) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (3.1) | 3 (1.5) | 3 (3) | 4 (6.2) | 7 (4.2) | |
| Generalized anxiety disorder, no. (%) | 11 (8.2) | 2 (3.1) | 13 (6.5) | 11 (11) | 3 (4.6) | 14 (8.5) | |
| Co-morbid anxiety disorder and depression, no. (%) | 8 (6.0) | 0 (0) | 8 (4.0) | 4 (4) | 1 (1.5) | 5 (3.0) | |
| Alcohol intake | |||||||
| Drunk any alcohol in past month, no. (%) | 3 (2.2) | 7 (10.8) | 10 (5.0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Days alcohol drunk in past month, mean no. (± SD) | 4.5 (± 4.9) | 3.4 (± 2.5) | 3.7 (± 2.8) | 8 (NA) | – | 8 | |
| Mental health history | |||||||
| Diagnosed with or treated for any psychiatric illness, no. (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Admitted to psychiatric hospital, no. (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable, since only one informant reported drinking alcohol; SD, standard deviation.