Postpartum depression in Jamaican women: an analysis done at six-weeks postpartum at the University Hospital of the West Indies
Kingston; s.n; 1996. vi,49 p. tab.
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em Inglês
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Biblioteca responsável:
JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; Research Paper
ABSTRACT
This study aimed at determining the incidence of postpartum depression and to see if there are any differences in the risk factors between this Jamaican population and other countries. Data was gathered over a six week period, 14.2.96 to 25.3.96, in the postnatal clinic at the University Hospital of the West Indies. The Edinburgh Postnatal Scale was used to detect postpartum depression in the women. A Likert Scale was used to assess their attitudes toward their babies. Demographic, obstetric and psychosocial data were gathered from these women. The results showed a 26 percent incidence of pospartum depression in a population of 189 women. The factors that found significance were attitude scores (P value <0.001, T value >1.96), having a worse than expected experience in having their babies (T value >1.96) and having being less frightened due to the information they received on the ward and the clinic (T value >1.96). The women detected with postpartum depression did not necessarily look or feel depressed. This study population had only one risk factor in common with studies from other countries, i.e. having a worse than expected experience in having their babies. This factor was significant in the first week of the puerperium while in this study it was significant at six weeks postpartum. (AU)
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Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Meta 3.1 Reduzir a Mortalidade Materna
Problema de saúde:
Cuidado Materno
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Transtornos Psicóticos
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Transtornos Puerperais
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Período Pós-Parto
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Tese