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The Prevalance of Depressive Symptom Levels in Puerperal Period: Relationship with Obstetric Risk Factors, Anxiety Levels and Social Support
Abstract
Objective: Pregnancy and postpartum
period are accepted as risk periods for depression by many clinicians. Depression beginning
during pregnancy may last in postpartum period
or it may just begin in postpartum days. For this
reason in this period clinicians must be careful
about mental disorders especially depression.
The aim of this study is to determine the depressive
symptom levels and their relations with
sociodemographic charactecistics, obstetric risk
factors and anxiety levels in postpartum period.
Method: 100 patients at their first postpartum
day were assessed by means of depressive
symptoms, state-trait anxiety and perceived
social support with the aid of Multidimensional
Scale of Perceived Social Support, State-Trait
Anxiety Inventory "STAI", and Beck Depression
Inventory. Results: The present results
have important implications. The prevalence
of high levels of depressive symptoms was
found to be % 10-15 in the postpartum period.
Age, education, employment state, number of
children and perceived social support were not
associated vvith depressive symptom levels.
Hovvever depressive symptoms were found to
be more, prevalent in physically ili mothers. Ali
mothers trait anxiety scores were high but there
vvere no differences betvveen depressed and
non-depressed groups by means of state and
by the trait anxiety scores. Discussion: The
findings of this study show that most of the puerperal
vvomen suffer from anxiety and smaller
proportion of them also have severe depressive
symptoms. We suggest that both of them worsen
the quality of life of the mother and the infant.
These must be identified and intervened for the
well being of both mother and infant
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
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Journal Section
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Publication Date
March 1, 2002
Submission Date
March 1, 2002
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2002 Volume: 10 Number: 1