%0 Journal Article %T Depress£¿o durante a gesta£¿£¿o e os desfechos na sa¨²de do rec¨¦m-nascido: coorte de m£¿es atendidas em unidade b¨¢sica de sa¨²de %A Thiengo %A Daianna Lima %A Pereira %A Priscila Krauss %A Santos %A Jacqueline Fernandes de Cintra %A Cavalcanti %A Maria Tavares %A Lovisi %A Giovanni Marcos %J Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria %D 2012 %I Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro %R 10.1590/S0047-20852012000400004 %X objective: describe the association between depression during pregnancy and effects on the newborn (low birth weight and prematurity). methods: we conducted a cohort study of 100 pregnant women enrolled between march and september 2011 in a public primary health service in nova igua£¿u. participants were interviewed about their sociodemographic characteristics, medical/obstetric conditions, stressful life events and social support. depression was assessed using the composite international diagnostic interview (cidi). after the post-partum mothers were interviewed about low birth weight and preterm birth. results: the prevalence of depression during pregnancy was 18% (95% ci: 12.2 to 23.8). factors associated with neonatal outcome were gestational depression (or: 6,60 ci: 1,51-28,91) and alcohol (or: 8,75 ci: 1,10-69,71). conclusion: the implications of this study to the practice emphasize the need for screening for depression during pregnancy. %K pregnancy %K newborn low birth weight %K prematurity %K depression. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0047-20852012000400004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en