Psychiatric morbidity following miscarriage: a prevalence study of Chinese women in Hong Kong.
OBJECTIVE
Previous studies reported that 48-51% of women in Western countries developed depressive disorder following a miscarriage. There is, however, little data among non-Western populations. The aim of this study was to measure the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity following miscarriage among Chinese women in Hong Kong.


METHODS
Subjects were interviewed immediately after a miscarriage to collect medical, psychiatric, and sociodemographic data. Six weeks following the miscarriage, 150 subjects were assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) to establish psychiatric diagnoses.


RESULTS
18 subjects (12%) met the DSM-III-R criteria for major depression and 2 subjects (1.3%) were diagnosed anxiety disorder NOS six weeks after the miscarriage.


CONCLUSIONS
Chinese women in Hong Kong have a lower rate of psychiatric morbidity after a miscarriage.
Lee
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Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong. dominiclee@cuhk.edu.hk
Wong
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Cheung
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Leung
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Haines
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Chung
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D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012944:Social Support