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Table 2 Persistence of perinatal depression from the first trimester of pregnancy to 1 month post-partum

From: Prevalence and determinants of perinatal depression among labour migrant and refugee women on the Thai-Myanmar border: a cohort study

1st trimester

Women with persisting depressiona

2nd trimester

3rd trimester

1 m post-partum

n

Proportion

(95% CI)

n

Proportion

(95% CI)

n

Proportion

(95% CI)

Any depression (n = 146)

64

43.8 (35.6–52.3)

32

21.9 (15.5–29.5)

16

11.0 (6.4–17.2)

Moderate-severe depression

(n = 46)

10

21.7 (10.9–36.4)

2

4.3 (0.5–14.8)

0

0.0 (0.0–7.7)b

  1. a Women with persisting depression as a proportion of those depressed in 1st trimester
  2. b One-sided (97.5%) confidence interval