Postnatal Depression: Frequency, Demographic Characteristics and Risk Factors
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چکیده

 OBJECTIVES: The iobjective iof ithe istudy iwas ito iestimate iprevalence postpartum idepression iand iits iassociated irisk ifactors iamong imothers.
 METHODOLOGY: This icross-sectional icarried iout iin iDepartment of iObstetrics i& iGynecology,iand iPsychiatry, iKhyber Teaching Hospital iPeshawar 1st April 2018 till 31st March 2019. iA itotal i750 ipost-natal imothers iwere iscreened irandomly ifor ipostnatal ifirst i1-2 weeks ifollowing idelivery iby iusing iEdinburgh iPostnatal iDepression iScale (EPDS). 680 iaccepted iparticipate, i70 irefused iparticipate i504 ifulfill inclusion icriteria. iscore i≥13 iconsidered ihaving Ipostpartum depression.
 RESULTS: A i168 iwomen ihad ian iEPDS i10, iyielding ia icrude prevalence irate i34%. iThe isuicidal iideation i14 504 (3%), iwhich i11 i(79%) i10. iWe ifitted multiple ilinear iregression imodels ievaluate ipredictors ivariables measured ion iEPDS. iThis imodel istatistically isignificant p<0.0001 ipredicting iscore. iWomen's iemployment istatus, domestic iviolence imarital iconflict predictors.
 CONCLUSION:
 Thisistudy ireflected ifacts ithat imany mothers iour icircumstances isuffer ifrom ipostpartum ineeds medical iattention. iScreening ishould ibe as iroutine ipart icare.
 KEYWORDS: IPostpartum IDepression, Risk IFactors, Socio-Demographic Pakistan
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Gandhara medical and dental sciences
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2312-9433', '2618-1452']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37762/jgmds.8-1.120