Prevalence of Symptoms Post-Partum Anxiety and Baby Blues and Factors Effective Uponit in Women With High Risk Pregnancies

Pregnancy, labor and child birth are crucial events in women lives, within days following birth, women show signs of mood changes, commonly named baby bluesThe purpose of this study is to examin of the prevalence and risk factors of anxiety and depression in high risk pregnancies.400 subjects from 15-45 years old women referring to hospitals affil-iated to the university. Collected and the study was on a case-control basis. Sampling was made through inter-views using questionnaires including Beck & Spielberger standard test for depression and an-xiety.Prevalence of severe depression in the population under study was estimated to be 21.1% and that of high anxiety was 85.5%. In both of them, the difference between the group was significant (P<0.001).Multiple logistic regression analysis by the stepwise method showed a relation between the mother demog-raphic characteristics, emotional sup-port of the mother by her spouse and the family, pregnancy complications and newborn characteristics.