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Using a Murine Model of Psychosocial Stress in Pregnancy as a Translationally Relevant Paradigm for Psychiatric Disorders in Mothers and Infants
Published on: June 13, 2021
[Risk factors for post partum depression]
Angelina Dois1, Claudia Uribe, Luis Villarroel
1Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. adois@uc.cl
Background:
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a public health problem with high prevalence in Chile. Many factors are associated with PPD.
Aim:
To analyze the factors associated with the incidence of depressive symptoms (SD) in women with low obstetric risk.
Material And Methods:
Cross-sectional analytical study on a sample of 105 postpartum women with low obstetric risk assessed by the Edinburgh Depression Scale at the eighth week postpartum.
Results:
A 37% prevalence of depressive symptoms was found. Univariate analysis showed that the perception of family functioning, overcrowding and number of siblings, were significantly associated with postpartum depressive symptoms. A multiple regression model only accepted family functioning as a predictor of depression.
Conclusions:
Perception of family functioning was the only variable that explained in part the presence of depressive symptoms in women with low obstetric risk.
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