Antenatal depression and adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women living with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 2023

Mathilda Regan, and Alfa Muhihi, and Arvin Saleh, and Christopher P Duggan, and Nzovu Ulenga, and Fadhlun M Alwy Al-Beity, and Said Aboud, and Wafaie W Fawzi, and Karim P Manji, and Christopher R Sudfeld
Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA. Electronic address: mregan@g.harvard.edu.

Women who experience antenatal depression may be at increased risk of adverse birth outcomes. Few studies have examined this association among women living with HIV (WHIV). We conducted a prospective cohort study of 2298 pregnant WHIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who were participants in a randomized trial of vitamin D3 supplementation. Depressive symptoms were assessed at 12-27 weeks gestation using the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL-25). Generalized estimating equations to account for twins were used to assess the relative risks of adverse birth outcomes. Approximately 67 % of the women in our study population reported symptoms consistent with depression. We observed a 4.0 % prevalence of stillbirth and a 25.1 % prevalence of preterm birth. We found that low social support, higher education, and more recent initiation of ART were associated with a greater risk of antenatal depression. There was no association of antenatal depression with risk of fetal loss, stillbirth, low birth weight, birth weight, preterm birth, gestational age at delivery, or small-for-gestational age. Depression was self-reported and only collected at one timepoint in pregnancy. Our findings may not be generalizable to all WHIV. Our findings illustrate the high risk of both depression and adverse birth outcomes among WHIV and underscore the need for interventions to improve their mental health and the health of their infants; however, the relationship between depression and birth outcomes remains unclear. Further research on this topic is merited, particularly examining the chronicity and timing of depression in pregnancy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011248 Pregnancy Complications Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases. Adverse Birth Outcomes,Complications, Pregnancy,Adverse Birth Outcome,Birth Outcome, Adverse,Complication, Pregnancy,Outcome, Adverse Birth,Pregnancy Complication
D011256 Pregnancy Outcome Results of conception and ensuing pregnancy, including LIVE BIRTH; STILLBIRTH; or SPONTANEOUS ABORTION. The outcome may follow natural or artificial insemination or any of the various ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, such as EMBRYO TRANSFER or FERTILIZATION IN VITRO. Outcome, Pregnancy,Outcomes, Pregnancy,Pregnancy Outcomes
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D003863 Depression Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER present in neurotic and psychotic disorders. Depressive Symptoms,Emotional Depression,Depression, Emotional,Depressive Symptom,Symptom, Depressive
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013636 Tanzania A republic in eastern Africa, south of UGANDA and north of MOZAMBIQUE. Its capital is Dar es Salaam. It was formed in 1964 by a merger of the countries of TANGANYIKA and ZANZIBAR. Tanganyika,Zanzibar,United Republic of Tanzania

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