Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain.
East Mediterr Health J. 2012 May;18(5):439-45.
The prevalence of postnatal depression in Bahrain is unknown and screening for known risk factors does not take place. This study estimated the prevalence of postnatal depressive symptoms and the associated risk factors among a random sample of Bahraini women attending primary health care centres with their babies for the 8-week child check-up. The Arabic version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used with a cut-off score of > or = 12 for depression. The prevalence of postnatal depressive symptoms among 237 mothers was 37.1%. No significant relationships were identified between depression symptoms and any of demographic variables or pregnancy/birth characteristics studied. However, several psychosocial risk factors were significantly associated with postnatal depression and, after multiple regression analysis, a history of depressive symptoms and perceived lack of support from the husband remained significant factors. Further studies that include diagnostic assessments are needed to confirm these findings.
巴林的产后抑郁症患病率未知，也没有对已知的风险因素进行筛查。本研究采用爱丁堡产后抑郁量表（EPDS）的阿拉伯语版本，以 > 或 = 12 的分数为界，对在初级保健中心带婴儿进行 8 周儿童检查的随机样本中的巴林妇女产后抑郁症状及相关危险因素进行了估计。在所调查的 237 位母亲中，有 37.1%的人有产后抑郁症状。抑郁症状与任何人口统计学变量或妊娠/分娩特征之间均无显著关系。然而，一些心理社会危险因素与产后抑郁显著相关，经多元回归分析，有抑郁症状史和感觉丈夫支持不足是两个显著的因素。需要进行包括诊断评估在内的进一步研究来证实这些发现。
