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Predictors of postpartum depression in a sample of Egyptian women
Author(s) -
Mohamed Adel El-Hadidy,
Salh,
Abd El-Hady,
Bahea
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s37156
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , postpartum depression , socioeconomic status , social support , underweight , spouse , edinburgh postnatal depression scale , depression (economics) , marital status , biopsychosocial model , psychiatry , pregnancy , body mass index , depressive symptoms , population , anxiety , psychology , genetics , macroeconomics , economics , biology , environmental health , sociology , anthropology , psychotherapist , overweight
Postpartum depression (PPD) represents a considerable health problem affecting women and their families. The aims of this study were to: (a) compare female patients with PPD to normal controls with regard to some biopsychosocial variables, (b) correlate between the severity of PPD and some clinical and biological variables, and (c) to predict some risk factors for PPD.

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