Awareness and related factors of depressive symptoms in breastfeeding people in South Korea: a survey-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study identifies depressive symptoms and the factors that could explain its presence in breastfeeding people.

Design

This study is a cross-sectional study from national survey data.

Setting and participants

Data were derived from the 2019 Korean Community Health Survey. The study subjects were breastfeeding people under the age of 50.

Primary outcome measures

Depressive symptoms in breastfeeding people were classified according to the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score. Physical and health behaviours were considered as factors related to depressive symptoms. A multilevel logistic regression analysis was used.

Results

Among 497 participants, 19.4% (n=97) of breastfeeding people were depressed. We found that depressive symptoms we

SUBMITTER: Song J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10387636 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature