The magnitude and determinants of depressive symptoms amongst women in early pregnancy in Southern Nigeria: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Antenatal depression (AD) is prevalent and associated with adverse pregnancy, maternal and child outcomes, yet no study has addressed its magnitude and predictors in early pregnancy in Nigeria.

Aim: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with AD in first half of pregnancy.

Setting: Multicentric health facilities in Southern Nigeria.

Attitudes of Nigerian women toward the presence of their husband or partner as a support person during labor.

Objective: To assess the attitudes of Nigerian women regarding the presence of a husband/partner during labor.

Methods: Women who were invited to participate in a randomized trial regarding companionship in labor at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria, were interviewed in a qualitative cross-sectional survey. Demographic characteristics and opinions regarding the presence of a partner/husband as a support person during labor were assessed.

Morbidity associated with failed vaginal birth after cesarean section.

We investigated morbidity and factors associated with failed vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC). In a retrospective cohort study maternal and neonatal outcomes of women who underwent VBAC in three Nigerian University Teaching Hospitals were reviewed. Univariate, followed by multivariate analyses, were conducted.

Fertility preferences, condom use, and concerns among HIV-positive women in serodiscordant relationships in the era of antiretroviral therapy.

Objective: To assess preferences and concerns about infecting partner or child among HIV-positive women undergoing antiretroviral therapy and whose partners are HIV-negative.

Method: In this cross-sectional study conducted in Nigeria, 55 HIV-positive women undergoing antiretroviral therapy and married to seronegative men answered an anonymous questionnaire regarding whether they preferred to conceive naturally or by means of an assisted reproductive technique (ART).

Results: Compared with older women (mean age 33.

Obstetric and perinatal outcome in HIV positive women receiving HAART in urban Nigeria.

Purpose: To compare the outcome of pregnancy between HIV positive pregnant women on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and HIV negative controls.

Methods: A prospective matched case-control study.

Results: HIV positive women were significantly more likely to have anaemia in pregnancy [p < 0.

Outpatient misoprostol cervical ripening without subsequent induction of labor to prevent post-term pregnancy.

Background: Interventions that may help shorten the duration of pregnancy in an African setting where facilities for fetal monitoring in post-term pregnancy are limited, and induction is not without its hazards, are needed.

Aim: To determine whether outpatient administration of intravaginal misoprostol safely decreases the interval to delivery in postdate pregnancies.

Design: Open randomized controlled trial.