title: Are major depression and generalized anxiety disorder associated with intrauterine growth restriction in pregnant women? A case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the prevalence of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder in pregnant women with and without a diagnosis of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study sample included 56 pregnant women with a diagnosis of IUGR and 92 control subjects. IUGR was determined by means of ultrasound assessment and was defined as estimated fetal weight, by ultrasound scan, which falls below the 10th percentile for the gestational age. Psychiatric evaluations were performed with depression and anxiety symptom scales and with structured clinical interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pregnant women with IUGR had higher scores of depressive and anxiety symptom scores and had a higher prevalence rate of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the results of the present study, both major depression and generalized anxiety disorder appear to be associated with IUGR in pregnant women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Selçuk, Meram Faculty of Medicine, 42080 Konya, Turkey. farukuguz@gmail.com
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uguz
authors.forename: Kazim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gezginc
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yazici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D011247:Pregnancy; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric