Common Mental Disorder and Associated Factors among Women Attending Antenatal Care Follow-Up in North Wollo Public Health Facilities, Amhara Region, Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

The magnitude of CMD was 18.1% (95% CI: 15.5, 21.0). Factors significantly associated with CMD were the educational level of participants (AOR = 0.17, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.48), husband's educational status (AOR = 11.13, 95%: 4.18, 29.66), unplanned pregnancy (AOR = 2.54, 95% CI: 1.26, 5.09), self-reported complication on the current pregnancy (AOR = 0.11, 95% CI: 0.05, 0.21), self-reported complication during the previous delivery (AOR = 3.38, 95% CI: 1.39, 8.18), undernutrition (AOR = 2.19, 95%: 1.26, 3.81), high psychosocial risk (AOR = 20.55, 95% CI: 9.69, 43.59), having a legal issue (AOR = 2.06, 95%: 1.12, 3.79), and relationship problem (AOR = 7.22, 95% CI: 3.59, 14.53). <i>Conclusions and Recommendation</i>. One in five pregnant women has common mental disorder. Educational status of the participants and their spouses, unplanned pregnancy, self-reported complication during current and previous pregnancy, psychosocial risk, and legal and relationship problems were the main determinants of common mental disorders. Therefore, screening pregnant women for mental disorders and provision of necessary mental health services are recommended to minimize the adverse health outcome of CMD during pregnancy.