Objective
To establish the prevalence of common perinatal mental disorders, their determinants, and their association with preventive health care use among women in one rural and one urban province
in northern Viet Nam.
Methods
We conducted a cross-sectional survey of cohorts of pregnant women and
mothers of infants recruited systematically in 10 randomly-selected communes. The women participated in psychiatrist-administe red structured clinical interviews and separate structured interviews to assess sociodemographic factors, reproductive health, the intimate partner relationship, family violence and the use of preventive and psychiatric health care. Associations between these variables and perinatal mental disorders were explored through univariate analyses and multivariable logistic regression.