[Prevalence and risk factors for depression in postpartum women].
BACKGROUND
The objectives of the research are to determine the prevalence of major depression after childbirth and compare it with that of non-postpartum women; and to study the risk factors for postpartum depression.


METHODS
We studied 425 women: 321 women in the first postpartum year, 41 nulliparous women and 63 women with more than 1 year postpartum.


RESULTS
The prevalence of major depression in the first postpartum year was 5.92%; this value was significantly lower than that of the women with more than 1 year postpartum. In women with less than 2 years postpartum we found less depression than in those with more than 2 years of delivery. The risk factors associated with postpartum depression found by logistic regression were: obsessive-compulsive disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, previous major depression, maternity blues, young age and lower educational grade.


CONCLUSIONS
Our study does not support the existence of a greater prevalence of major depression during postpartum in Peruvian women.
Vega-Dienstmaier
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental "Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi", Perú. jvegad@amauta.rcp.net.pe
Mazzotti
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Stucchi-Portocarrero
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Campos
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D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors