title: Prevalence of anxiety symptoms and depression in the third gestational trimester.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of anxiety and gestational depression and to determine the risk factors associated to its development.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pregnant women during their third quarter of pregnancy were invited to participate to the study, and they signed an informed consent form. After that, they filled in a general assessment questionnaire in which socio-economical and obstetrical characteristics together with general health conditions and behaviors harmful for the pregnancy were evaluated. To determine the anxiety symptoms a STAI A-trait scale and a STAI-A-state scale were used and to measure the depression a CES-D scale was used. A data logistic regression was realized to determine significant associations. The significance level adopted was 0.05 for all statistical tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The final sample was represented by 207 pregnant women and the prevalence of depression was the highest value (73.5%), followed by state anxiety (58.5%) and finally by trait anxiety (53.2%). Only trait anxiety was explained by the variables studied and it was associated to the realization of a treatment for chronic diseases (OR = 2.93; IC = 1.02-8.41; p = 0.045) and the usage of continuous prescription drugs (OR = 2.30; IC = 1.06-4.97; p = 0.034).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of anxiety and depression among pregnant women were both high and only trait anxiety was explained by treatment for chronic diseases and the usage of continuous prescription drugs.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG), Rua Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 700, Alfenas, MG, 37130-000, Brazil, carolronchini@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Caroline Ronchini
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Mayara Carolina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Orsini
authors.forename: Camilla Ribeiro
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Andrea Mollica
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: do Amarante Paffaro
authors.forename: Roberta Ribeiro
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult