[Study for the factors related to postpartum depression].
OBJECTIVE
To study the prevalence rate of postpartum depression(PD) and related factors.


METHODS
1,052 pregnant women were selected in random from our antenatal clinic from January to November, 1997 for mood study by hospital anxiety and depression (HAD), and 866 cases were further follow-up till 7 days after childbirth with Edinburgh postpartum depression scale (EPDS).


RESULTS
The prevalence rate of PD was 15.01% by EPDS. Using single factor and mutifactorial stepwise regression analyses for the affected factors of PD, 7 factors were most strongly related to the onset of PD: they were women's health condition; the relationship between husband and wife; the medical workers' attitude during labor; husband's desire for boy child; the number of antenatal educational classes received; anxiety and depression mood during pregnancy. The number of educational classes received was negatively correlated with PD, while the other 6 factors were all positively correlated.


CONCLUSIONS
The main factors related to PD are the mood of anxiety and depression during pregnancy.
Zhang
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Provincial Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Fujian, Fuzhou 350001.
Chen
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Li
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D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011247:Pregnancy; D011897:Random Allocation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires