Investigating analgesic and psychological factors associated with risk of postpartum depression development: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of peripartum analgesic and psychological factors that may be related to postpartum depression (PPD).

Methods

This case-control study was conducted in pregnant females who delivered at KK Women's and Children's Hospital from November 2010 to October 2013 and had postpartum psychological assessment. Demographic, medical, and postpartum psychological status assessments, intrapartum data including method of induction of labor, mode of labor analgesia, duration of first and second stages of labor, mode of delivery, and pain intensity on hospital admission and after delivery were collected. PPD was assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and clinical assessment by the psychiatrist.

Results

There were 62

SUBMITTER: Suhitharan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4908936 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature