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Maternity "blues": prevalence and risk factors
Alexandre Faisal-Cury1, Paulo Rossi Menezes, Jose Júlio A Tedesco
1Hospital Universitário de São Paulo, Brazil. faisal@hu.usp.br
Objectives:
estimate the prevalence and track the risk factors associated with, Maternity blues (MB).
Methods:
a transversal study was performed with 113 women, on the tenth day of puerperium. The following instruments were used: Pitt Scale (1968), Stein (1980), Inventory for stressful life events by Holmes & Rahe (1967), and a questionnaire with sociodemographic and obstetric data.
Results:
the prevalence of MB was 32.7% according to the Stein scale. In the univariated analysis, civil status and tobacco use were associated with MB. Legally married women and nonsmokers showed a risk approximately 4 times lower of experiencing the problem.
Conclusions:
MB was very prevalent in this sample. Obstetricians must be aware of this condition which may be associated with postpartum depression.
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