Peripartum depression and its predictors: A longitudinal observational hospital-based study
Sherifa Ahmed Hamed, Mohamed Elwasify, Mohamed Abdelhafez, Mohamed Fawzy
Sherifa Ahmed Hamed, Mohamed Fawzy, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut 71516, Egypt
Mohamed Elwasify, Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University, Mansoura 11001, Egypt
Mohamed Abdelhafez, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mansoura University, Mansoura 11001, Egypt
Author contributions: Hamed SA and Fawzy M carried out design of the study, statistical analyses, and manuscript drafting; Elwasify M and Abdelhafez M did the clinical evaluation of participants and participated in study design and drafting the manuscript; All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The ethics Committees of Faculties of Medicine of Mansoura and Assiut Universities, Mansoura and Assiut Governorates, Egypt; approved the study protocol. Women gave their informed consents for participation in the study, No. AUFM_NP/OG_422/2016.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: This study has no data to be shared.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Sherifa Ahmed Hamed, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut University Street, Assiut 71516, Egypt. hamedsherifa@aun.edu.eg
Received: October 4, 2021
Peer-review started: October 4, 2021
First decision: December 12, 2021
Revised: January 8, 2022
Accepted: July 18, 2022
Article in press: July 18, 2022
Published online: August 19, 2022
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