Jadresic E, Araya R
Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (Campus Norte), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
Rev Med Chil. 1995 Jun;123(6):694-9.
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and factors associated to postpartum depression (PPD) in a sample of women attending clinics representative of different socioeconomic levels in Santiago. A total of 542 mothers selected from five health centres filled in the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale which was used as the diagnostic criteria, a score of 10 and above being considered diagnostic of depression. Based in our findings, the prevalence of PPD would be 36.7% after adjusting for socioeconomic distribution in Santiago. An inverse relationship was found between socioeconomic status and prevalence of PPD. Mothers with lower incomes had a three-fold increase in prevalence of PPD in comparison to mothers with higher incomes. Single mothers (unmarried, separated and widows) were twice more likely to be cases of PPD.
本研究旨在估计圣地亚哥不同社会经济水平的代表性诊所中女性样本的产后抑郁症（PPD）患病率及相关因素。从五个健康中心选取的542名母亲填写了爱丁堡产后抑郁量表，该量表用作诊断标准，得分10分及以上被视为抑郁症诊断标准。根据我们的研究结果，在对圣地亚哥的社会经济分布进行调整后，PPD患病率为36.7%。社会经济地位与PPD患病率之间呈负相关。与高收入母亲相比，低收入母亲的PPD患病率增加了两倍。单身母亲（未婚、分居和丧偶）患PPD的可能性是其他母亲的两倍。
