Prevalence and predictors of postpartum depression in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Postpartum depression (PPD) is inversely correlated with women's functioning, marital and personal relationships, mother-infant interaction quality, and children's social, behavioural, and cognitive development. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) in Riyadh and correlate them with possible predictors by a cross-sectional approach.

Methods

In this study, 174 mothers receiving treatments in different hospitals of Riyadh completed self-administered measures of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) along with a list of probable predictors. The data was analyzed by logistic regression analysis using SPSS-IBM 25.

Results

Of 174 participants of the study, 38.50% (n = 67) reported postpartum depression.

SUBMITTER: Al Nasr RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010279 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature