ABSTRACT

" Prevalence  OF Postpartum Depression in Women   Presenting  to a Tertiary Care Facility "

BACKGROUND:

Postpartum depression is now considered a major health concern.The onset of PPD begins within weeksand lasts upto 6 months after giving birth.Research has shown that experiencing symptoms of PPD can have immediate ill effects on children  

OBJECTIVE:To determine frequency  of PPD in Women Presenting to a Tertiary care facility. 

STUDY DESIGN:Cross Sectional  Study

SETTING:Department of Obsteterics and Gynaecologist, Jinnah Postgraduate Graduate Medical  Center Karachi .

DURATION:5th January To 4th July 2017

Material and Methods:

Total 126 Women of Postpartum  period of 4 weeks or more were included.To evaluate depression  Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was used.Score >16 was considered  as depression. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS were calculated. Stratification was done and Post Stratification chi square test was applied.P value < 0.05 was taken as significant. 

Results:

The mean age was 30.16 +_ 3.08 years.The mean CES -D score was 14.34+-4.74.Among delivered child 73 were male and 53 were female children .69.8% of subjects have monthly family income more than 19 thousand  PKR. Most of husbands 56.3% were employed .33.3% subjects were found with Postpartum  depression. The significant association ofPPD was observed  with age and gender of recently delivered child.

Conclusion :

Total 33.3% subjects were observed PPD .The age and gender of recently delivered child found significantly associated  with probable Postpartum.