Balıkesir University, School of Health, Department of Midwifery, Cagis Campus, Balıkesir, Turkey.
Vocational School of Health Services, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey.
P R Health Sci J. 2020 Dec;39(4):327-335.
Postpartum depression (PPD) has negative effects on the mothers who experience it. The aims of the study described herein were to determine the prevalence of PPD and to determine the correlations between PPD and perceived social support, quality of life, and the risk factors for PPD.
Data were collected using a questionnaire prepared by the researchers and that included the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the Beck Depression Scale, the Quality of Life scale, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and questions regarding the sociodemographic characteristics and PPD risk factors of the mother.
The prevalences of PPD were found to be 3.9% in the 4th week postpartum and 5.9% in the 6th week postpartum. Being a primary school (and no higher) graduate, being stressed in daily life, experiencing health problems during the delivery and the postpartum period, and not thinking of oneself as a good mother were all determined to be risk factors for PPD. Although the mean score for social support was higher in women with low PPD risks, this difference was not significant. According to a linear regression model, PPD negatively affected the social and psychological qualities of life of the mothers in the 4th week postpartum.
Along with a trend suggesting a correlation between high social support and low PPD risk in women, a correlation between low PPD risk and high quality of life was also found.
产后抑郁症（PPD）会对患病母亲产生负面影响。本研究旨在确定 PPD 的流行率，并确定 PPD 与感知社会支持、生活质量以及 PPD 风险因素之间的相关性。
通过研究者编制的问卷收集数据，问卷包括爱丁堡产后抑郁量表、贝克抑郁量表、生活质量量表、多维感知社会支持量表以及有关母亲社会人口特征和 PPD 风险因素的问题。
产后第 4 周和第 6 周的 PPD 患病率分别为 3.9%和 5.9%。小学（及以下）毕业、日常生活压力大、分娩和产后期间出现健康问题以及不认为自己是个好母亲被确定为 PPD 的风险因素。尽管低 PPD 风险女性的社会支持平均得分较高，但差异无统计学意义。根据线性回归模型，产后第 4 周 PPD 会对母亲的社会和心理生活质量产生负面影响。
除了高社会支持与低 PPD 风险之间存在相关性的趋势外，还发现低 PPD 风险与高生活质量之间存在相关性。
