Study on the incidence of postpartum depression and its associated risk factors

Abstract

Objective To investigate the incidence of postpartum depression and its associated risk factors.Methods Hospital-made questionnaire survey was used to investigate the maternal postpartum depression status of 245 cases 30 days after delivery.Results Among all 245 cases of maternity,there were 52 cases with the EPDS score ≥ 13points,21.22％ of the incidence of postpartum depression; for those maternity patients who had poor husband-wife relationship during pregnancy and childbirth period,the poor attitude of the medical staff of the perinatal period,strong traditional concept of wanting a boy; poorer postpartum lactation and poor maternity knowledge,the incidence of postpartum depression was significanily higher than that of those maternity patients who had no above several elements and the strong traditional concept of liking a boy(P＜0.05); the depression ratio of normal production maternal postpartum was slighdy lower than that of dystocia matemal,but the difference was not statistically significant(P＞0.05).Conclusion The rate of maternal postpartum depression is mainly affected by the social factors associated to maternity patients、in order to reduce the incidence of postpartum depression,enough attention should be paid to the early detection of adverse factors and timely treatment and prevention should be carried out to get the obvious clinic effects. Key words: Postpartum depression; Incidence; Risk factor