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Factors Associated with Postnatal Depression among Mothers Attending at Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan
Joint Authors
Chalise, Mariya
Karmacharya, Isha
Kaphle, Maheshor
Wagle, Ayurma
Chand, Natasha
Adhikari, Laxmi
Source
Depression Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-09-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Postnatal depression is linked with adverse outcomes for mothers, offspring, and her entire family, which stands as a significant public health problem and is often taken as a neglected issue of maternal and child health in the developing world.
Postnatal depression is often falsely interpreted as common consequences related to the recent delivery.
The main objective of this study is to find out the status of postnatal depression and the factors associated with it among the postnatal mothers attending at Bharatpur Hospital.
Methodology.
A total of 242 postnatal women were included in a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study.
A systematic random sampling technique was done to get the sampling interval.
Face to face interview technique was used for data collection, and depressive symptoms were measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.
Data was entered in Epi-Data and imported to SPSS for analysis.
The data were summarized in terms of frequency (percentage), mean (SD), or median (IQR) as per necessity for descriptive analysis.
The chi-square test and binary logistic regression were performed to find out the association between the covariates and depression status, assuming significance at p value <0.05.
Results.
The study revealed that the prevalence of postnatal depression was 16.9% by EPDS at cutoff point ≥12.
It was found that postnatal depression was associated with current age, smoking, pressure to conceive a child, intent of pregnancy, and delivery-related complications.
Conclusion.
Postnatal depression within six months of delivery was found among nearly one-fifth of women, where 13.6% also had suicidal thoughts.
More than half of the postnatal women had an early marriage.
It is recommended that mothers with high risk should be routinely screened for postnatal depression followed by necessary interventions as well as safe motherhood counseling.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chalise, Mariya& Karmacharya, Isha& Kaphle, Maheshor& Wagle, Ayurma& Chand, Natasha& Adhikari, Laxmi. 2020. Factors Associated with Postnatal Depression among Mothers Attending at Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan. Depression Research and Treatment،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chalise, Mariya…[et al.]. Factors Associated with Postnatal Depression among Mothers Attending at Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan. Depression Research and Treatment No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Chalise, Mariya& Karmacharya, Isha& Kaphle, Maheshor& Wagle, Ayurma& Chand, Natasha& Adhikari, Laxmi. Factors Associated with Postnatal Depression among Mothers Attending at Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan. Depression Research and Treatment. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154395
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1154395