background: mothers are highly vulnerable to depression within the first year after childbirth. approximately 10-20% of mothers suffer from depression during this period, and half of these women with symptoms of prominent postpartum depression (ppd) remain undiagnosed. the edinburgh postnatal depression scale (epds) is the most widely applied screening instrument for ppd evaluation. in this stu...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluates the capacity of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) implemented in the first days postpartum to detect women who will suffer from postnatal depression. METHOD A sample of 1154 women completed the EPDS at 2 to 3 days postpartum and again at 4 to 6 weeks postpartum. RESULTS There was a highly significant positive correlation between EPDS scores on bo...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of postnatal depression in Nuuk, Greenland. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS The primary health care system in Nuuk initiated a project aiming to screen new mothers for depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). EPDS has a range on a scale from 0 to 30. All mothers residing in Nuuk who had given ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between the traditional Chinese practice of postpartum care, known as zuoyuezi, and postpartum depression (PPD) in China. METHODS A total of 342 Chinese women were surveyed 6- to 8-weeks post partum using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and items assessing sociodemographics, health history, peripartum experiences, zuoyuezi, and social su...

BACKGROUND Antenatal depression (AD) is a major public health issue but evidence regarding its prevalence and associated factors in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) is limited. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and identify risk factors for AD among Brazilian pregnant women. METHODS All women living in the urban area of the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, with confi...

The aim of this Portuguese study is to compare the experience of pregnancy in teenage years and later adulthood and to examine insecure attachment style as a risk factor for depression during pregnancy. The Attachment Style Interview (ASI) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were administered to 66 pregnant adolescents and 64 adult women. Pregnant teenagers were found to be near...

The aim of the study was to investigate how young infants respond to contingent and non-contingent interaction in relation to maternal level of depressive symptoms in a non-clinical sample of mothers and infants. Two groups of three-month-olds interacted with their mother who was assessed as either non-depressed or sub-clinically depressed, based on self-reported scores on the Edinburgh Postnat...

objective: there are various attempts to confirm variables that could predict postpartum depression in advance. this study determined antenatal risk factors for postpartum depression in women at risk of developing this disorder. methods: a prospective cohort study was conducted with 2279 eligible women who attended at mazandaran province’ primary health centers from 32-42 weeks of pregnancy to ...

Background: Postpartum depression is the most common mood disorder of postpartum period of women's life and seems multivariate are associated with it. The aim of this study was to identify correlation between personal characteristics and scale of Edinburgh postnatal depression Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 597 volunteer postnatal women, whom had been visited in 6 pr...

BACKGROUND Postnatal depression affects 15% of all women derived. Good practice in antenatal and postnatal care suggests that regular contact should take place with members of the primary health care team (PHCT) but, despite this, many cases of postnatal depression are probably not detected. It is also widely perceived that depressed women consult more frequently about themselves and their babi...