Background: Depression, anxiety, and stress are common during pregnancy. The emotional aspect of pregnant women during antenatal care remains most of the time neglected, undetected, and untreated. This study aimed to assess the depression, anxiety, and stress among the antenatal mothers. Methods: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Research Design was used. Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21(DASS-21) and a structured interview questionnaire in observational study. Interview technique was taken from 244 antenatal mothers selected through non-probability convenient sampling. The data collection was done within four weeks. Data entered into EPI DATA 3.1 and exported to the statistical package for social science 22 version for further analysis. Strength of association was determined through bivariate and multivariate logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress were 7.8%, 13.9% and 11.1%, respectively. The factors strongly associated with depression and stress were exposure to domestic violence (AOR=23.338, 95% CI: 5.034-108.199) and (AOR=67.106, 95% CI: 14.439-311.883) respectively. The factors strongly associated with anxiety were exposure to domestic violence (AOR=21.975, 95% CI: 5.826-82.882) and not having balance diet on a daily basis were (AOR=3.420 95% CI: 1.362-8.588). Conclusions: Overall, the findings suggest that maternal mental health may be affected throughout pregnancy among antenatal mothers. High prevalence of depression and anxiety were seen among antenatal mothers than stress. Routine mental and psychological screening during antenatal period and arrangement of awareness program and health interventions seems to be needed for antenatal mothers who had exposed to domestic violence to promote maternal and child health in Nepal.
antenatal mothers; anxiety; depression; stress.
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