Suicide is one of the major causes of preventable @entity204 . We evaluated suicidality among pregnant @entity1 who participated in prenatal care in Brazil. A total of 255 @entity1 were assessed using semi-structured interviews as well as the Edinburgh Postnatal @entity308 Scale (EPDS), Beck @entity308 Inventory (BDI), and Mini-International @entity146 Interview (MINI) Plus. Thereafter, Stata 12 was used to identify the significant predictors of current suicide risk (CSR) among @entity1 using univariate and multivariate analyses (p   <   0.05). According to MINI Plus module C, the lifetime suicide attempt rate was 12.55  %. The overall CSR was 23.53  %, distributed across risk levels of low (12.55  %), moderate (1.18  %), and high (9.80  %). Our rates approximate those found in another Brazilian study (18.4  %). @entity308 ( @entity308 ), lifetime @entity162 , and any current @entity148 (as measured using the MINI) as well as BDI scores >= 15 and EPDS scores >= 11 were identified as positive risk factors in a univariate analysis (p   <   0.001). These factors changed after a multivariate analysis was employed, and only years of education [odds ratio (OR)   =   0.45; 95  % confidence intervals (CIs)   =   0.21-0.99], @entity308 (OR   =   3.42; 95  % CIs   =   1.37-8.53), and EPDS scores >= 11 (OR   =   4.44; 95  % CIs   =   1.97-9.97) remained independent risk factors. @entity308 and other @entity146 were the primary risk factors for suicidality, although only the former remained an independent factor after a multivariate analysis. More than 10  years of education and EPDS scores >= 11 were also independent factors; the latter can be used as a screening tool for suicide risk.

Suicidality among pregnant XXXX in Brazil: prevalence and risk factors.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'patients'] @entity162 :: ('MESH:D001714', 'Disease') :: ['bipolar disorder'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression', 'Antenatal depression', 'AD'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric disorders', 'Neuropsychiatric'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety disorder'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['women']
