title: [Screening for symptoms of depression during postpartum and the long term follow up: temporal stability and associated factors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the frequency of depressive symptoms compatible with a postpartum depression diagnosis, the associated factors and the temporal stability.
  
  
  METHODS
  During 2006-2007 398 hospitalized puerperal women who attended CEMIC were interviewed 5 days after childbirth using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and a socio-demographic questionnaire. A logistic regression analysis was performed to identify associated factors with a positive screening. During the following 6-12 months a follow up was carried with two groups of similar characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The frequency of depressive symptoms at post partum was 17.8% (cut off = 10). Depressive history and neonatal intensive care were significantly related to a positive screening. From the 110 interviewed women, 24 were positive in the follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of risk for postpartum depression in the sample of patients surveyed is within the parameters reported in international literature. At the 6 month follow up, 6 previously asymptomatic women during the first screening turned on positive. It is theorize the existence of potential postpartum depression cases that can manifest up to a year after childbirth.
authors: Departamento de Psiquiatría, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas, CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina. prozic@cemic.edu.ar
authors: Pablo R
authors: PR
authors: Rozic
authors: Javier A
authors: JA
authors: Schvartzman
authors: Cynthia I
authors: CI
authors: Paolini
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Gadow
authors: Diego A
authors: DA
authors: Calvo
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Paesani
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Pieczanski
authors: Gustavo H
authors: GH
authors: Vázquez
authors: María
authors: M
authors: Lolich
authors: Hugo B
authors: HB
authors: Krupitzki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult