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Postnatal Depression: A South Australian Prospective Survey
Author(s) -
Stamp Georgina E.,
Crowther Caroline A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1994.tb02681.x
Subject(s) - edinburgh postnatal depression scale , medicine , postpartum depression , postpartum period , depression (economics) , pregnancy , obstetrics , mood , prospective cohort study , psychiatry , genetics , biology , economics , macroeconomics
Summary: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of postnatal depression (PND) and to assess self‐esteem in the early postnatal period and at 6 weeks postpartum and PND at 6 months postpartum. Women giving birth to term babies over a 6‐month period, completed an Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) and a Rosenberg self‐esteem scale in hospital, at 6 weeks postpartum and an EPDS only at 6 months postpartum. A total of 235 women participated in the study of which 222 (95%) returned their questionnaire at 6 weeks postpartum and 192 (82%) at 6 months postpartum. Characteristics of the women and their pregnancy outcome are presented. The EPDS identified a depressed mood in 9% of women in hospital and at 6 weeks postpartum (95% CI 5.3%‐12.8%). At 6 months this had increased to 10% (95% CI 7.8%‐12.2%). Postnatal depression was significantly correlated with low self‐esteem in hospital and at 6 weeks postpartum.