Postnatal Depression: Frequency, Demographic Characteristics and Risk Factors
Autor: | Asaf Alam Khan, Sher Ayub Dawar, Hina Niaz, Zahida Ayub |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Science. 8:7-13 |
ISSN: | 2618-1452 2312-9433 |
DOI: | 10.37762/jgmds.8-1.120 |
Popis: | OBJECTIVES: The iobjective iof ithe istudy iwas ito iestimate ithe iprevalence iof postpartum idepression iand iits iassociated irisk ifactors iamong imothers. METHODOLOGY: This icross-sectional istudy iwas icarried iout iin ithe iDepartment of iObstetrics i& iGynecology,iand iDepartment iof iPsychiatry, iKhyber Teaching Hospital iPeshawar 1st April 2018 till 31st March 2019. iA itotal i750 ipost-natal imothers iwere iscreened irandomly ifor ipostnatal idepression ifor ifirst i1-2 weeks ifollowing idelivery iby iusing iEdinburgh iPostnatal iDepression iScale (EPDS). 680 iaccepted ito iparticipate, i70 irefused ito iparticipate iand i504 ifulfill ithe inclusion icriteria. iA iscore iof i≥13 iwas iconsidered ihaving Ipostpartum depression. RESULTS: A itotal iof i168 iwomen ihad ian iEPDS iscore i10, iyielding ia icrude prevalence irate iof i34%. iThe iprevalence iof isuicidal iideation iwas i14 iout iof 504 (3%), iamong iwhich i11 i(79%) ihad iEPDS iscore iof i10. iWe ifitted multiple ilinear iregression imodels ito ievaluate ithe ipredictors iof ivariables measured ion ithe iEPDS. iThis imodel iwas istatistically isignificant p |
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