Antenatal Depression as a Stunting Risk Factor: A Systematic Review

Rifzul Maulina; Mochammad Bagus Qomaruddin; Sri Sumarmi; Alfunafi Fahrul; Sri Haryuni

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2022.8501

Authors

Rifzul Maulina Doctoral Student of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia; Departement of Midwifery, Institute of Technology, Science and Health, RS Dr. Soepraoen, Malang, Indonesia
Mochammad Bagus Qomaruddin Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
Sri Sumarmi Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
Alfunafi Fahrul Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Institute of Technology, Science and Health, RS Dr. Soepraoen, Malang, Indonesia
Sri Haryuni Department of Nursing, Kadiri University, Kediri, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.8501

Keywords:

Antenatal depression, Depression during pregnancy, Prenatal depression, Stunting

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Depression during pregnancy is often found and ignored even though depression has a negative impact not only on the mother but also on the fetus to adulthood. Stunting is a problem of lack of nutritional status that begins during pregnancy.

AIM: The purpose of this article is to systematically identify the description and relationship between depression during pregnancy and stunting in children.

METHOD: The approach used is the systematic review method to search articles. Articles were identified from 2010-2020 by conducting a literature search with the keywords "antenatal depression" OR "prenatal depression" OR "depression during pregnancy" and "stunting" in the electronic databases dataset by Sciencedirect, Pubmed Research Gate, and Google Scholar.

RESULTS: The search results found 1875 articles selected into 20 journal articles that match the inclusion criteria. CONCLUSION: The results found that depression during pregnancy correlated with risk factors for stunting. As a preventive measure, health workers, especially midwives, can provide psychological care in antenatal care by considering these factors.

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