RISK FACTORS OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AMONG THE POSTNATAL MOTHERS
Abstract
Depression is a major public health problem that is twice as common in women as men during the childbearing years. A case control study was conducted to assess the risk factors of postpartum depression among the postnatal mothers in the selected corporation health centers at Chennai. Research Methodology: A retrospective case control study was conducted at a corporation health center in Saidapet, Chennai with the Sample size of 256 using purposive sampling technique. Tools such as a validated Tamil version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Checklist of obstetrical risk factors and psychosocial risk factors were used to collect the data. Results: Findings revealed that among 256 postnatal mothers, 23% of the mothers were depressed (cases) and, 18% were in the borderline depression (controls) and 59% had no postpartum depression (controls). Among demographic risk factors of Postpartum Depression, illiteracy was found to be the significant risk factor. None of the obstetrical variables were found to be the significant risk factors of postpartum depression. Psychosocial factors such as history of Depression, anxiety, psychosis during this pregnancy, unhappy married life, history of major life events in the last one year, financial difficulties, Problems with in laws, lack of Support from the husband and others were found to be the significant risk factors of postpartum depression. Conclusion: Since the prevalence of the postpartum depression is high needs of the postnatal must be addressed adequately especially with regard to psychosocial factors.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Chandran M ,Tharyan,P (2002). Postpartum depression in a cohort of women from a rural area of Tamilnadu, India, British journal of psychiatry, 181 (6), 499-504.
Cox JL, Holden, JM, Sagovsky R(1987). Detection of postnatal depression and development of 10 –item Edinberg postnatal depression scale, British journal of Psychiatry. 150 (6), 782-6.
Lee D, Yip A, Chiu H, Leung T, Chung T.(2001). A psychiatric epidemiological study of postpartum Chinese women. American Journal of psychiatry, 158 (2), 12-14.
Pacific postpartum society. (2002). Prevalence of postpartum depression and risk factors of postpartum depression, British journal of Psychiatry 1(14).
Savarimuthu et.al. (2010). Postpartum depression in the community, a qualitative study from rural south India. International journal of social psychiatry 56(1), 94-102.
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
An initiative of The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University