Depression and the adolescent pregnants: The sample from Manisa; [Adolesan gebelik ve depresyon: Manisa örneǧi]
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2007
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OBJECTIVE: This research was made in order to determine depression during adolescent pregnancy and effective factors of depression. STUDY DESING: This study was carried out in Manisa city area between the dates of 2005/February, March, April. The research was a descriptive analytical study and the data was collected by using questionnaire which was prepared by researcher and depression was measured with the Beck Depression Inventory. Data gathered through the face conversation with the pregnant at their home. The evaluation of data percentage, mean, t test, Mann whitney-U test, Kruscall wallis test were used in the statistical analyses. Data was analyzed using the SPSS 10.00 statistical program. RESULTS: Depression of the adolescent pregnants and sociodemographick was not statistically different between sosyodemografic factors. % 15.1 of adolescent pregnant women had depression scores at or above 17 on the Beck depression inventory. CONCLUSION: Depression during adolescent pregnancy is an important health problem.