Open Access<p>Prevalence and Predictors of Postpartum Depression Among Male Partners Who Came to Postnatal Follow-up Clinic with Their Partner in Selected Public Health Centers of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia, 2019</p>
Author(s) -
Mesfin Markos,
Aseb Arba
Publication year - 2020
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.s273045
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , public health , depression (economics) , demography , marital status , odds ratio , edinburgh postnatal depression scale , postpartum depression , cross sectional study , pregnancy , population , psychiatry , environmental health , depressive symptoms , nursing , anxiety , genetics , sociology , biology , economics , macroeconomics , pathology
Paternal postpartum depression is a serious public health problem which has a significant effect on mortality and morbidity level. Its effect is not limited to the partner, but it also affects the family, the marital relationship and development of the child. Therefore, this study was planned to assess the prevalence and predictors of paternal postpartum depression among accompanying partners in selected public health centers of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia.