Prevalence and Factors of Postpartum Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic has led to several mandatory prevention regulations, changes in healthcare services, unprecedented unemployment rates, financial stress, and emotional worries. Given the increasing cases of COVID-19, coupled with the drastic physical and psychological changes within postpartum mothers during the postpartum period, this paper aims to present an overview of the postpartum depression (PPD) among postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic. The postpartum period is characterized by drastic physical changes and substantial demands on parental role adjustment, and it places enormous stress on the mothers and makes them vulnerable to mental health problems. A literature search was conducted in four electronic databases (ScienceDirect, Scopus, Wil

SUBMITTER: Low SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9825082 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature