[Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression in Tianhe District of Guangzhou].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression (PPD) in Tianhe district of Guangzhou.


METHODS
A total of 1428 postpartum women in 3 hospitals in Tianhe District of Guangzhou were screened with Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) and a self-designed questionnaire of PPD-related factors during the period from May to September, 2013.


RESULTS
The prevalence of PPD was 20.03% in these women. Unconditional logistic regression analysis showed a significant correlation of PPD with education, delivery mode, only daughter, relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, newborn gender satisfaction and housing condition (P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified education, delivery mode, only daughter, relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and newborn gender satisfaction as the risk factors for PPD, and housing condition was negatively correlated with the incidence of PPD with an OR value of 0.900. Compared with healthy postpartum women, the patients with PPD exhibited significantly reduced total score of social support rating scale, score of objective support, score of subjective support, and social utilization degree.


CONCLUSIONS
The prevalence of PPD is high in Tianhe District of Guangzhou, and health education and psychosocial intervention should be offered to prevent PPD.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510630, China. E-mail: kara802@163.com.
Aiwen
A
Deng
Tingting
T
Jiang
Yingping
Y
Luo
Ribo
R
Xiong
D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult