Figure 2.
Weighted proportions of women with antenatal depressive symptoms by severity and country of residence.
Notes: Proportions and corresponding 95% CIs were corrected for survey weights based on educational level within age strata for each individual country among women of childbearing age. Population data for 2012 from: European Commission, Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level, sex and age (%) - main indicators; 2017 [updated February 28, 2018; cited November 8, 2017]. Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-datasets/-/edat_lfse_03. Accessed August 17, 2017.49 Symptoms severity assessed as follows: “mild to moderate” (EPDS score=10–16), “moderate to severe” (EPDS score=17–21), and “very severe” (EPDS score=22–30). The proportion of women having no depressive symptoms (EPDS score=0–9) is not represented. In Slovenia, there were no women having moderate to severe or very severe depressive symptoms. The squares in red color indicate the proportion of women with mild to moderate depressive symptoms, the ones in green indicate moderate-to-severe symptoms, and the ones in black indicate very severe depressive symptoms.
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.