Our results agreed with those of Baecke et al. where they reported the mean depression among term preeclamptic women to be 1.3 ± 1.5 (BDI‑PC, score range 0-21 vs. uneventful pregnancy 1.8 ± 3.4) and there was no significant difference between them, but participants in their study were selected from women who had more severe preeclampsia.[25] Kim et al. reported mean depression in preeclamptic women to be 11 ± 5.3 and in women without preeclampsia to be 7.6 ± 5.9 (EPDS, score range 0-30, score ≥ 10 was considered with clinical depression).Brusse reported the median score of depression in severe
preeclamptic women to be 7.5 with the range 0-32 and was similar with normotensive pregnancies.