title: [Positive screening and risk factors of postpartum depression in women who attended antenatal courses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of women screened positive for postpartum depression (PPD) and to investigate the main risk factors for PPD, in a large sample of Italian women.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample (N=567) was recruited as part of 91 antenatal courses. Women were screened between the 6th and 12th week after birth, by filling the EPDS (Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale). The validated cut-off score of ≥12 was used. Socio-demographic and clinical variables were investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of the 567 screened women, 42 (7.4%) were positive. A higher risk was found in women who, during pregnancy, had a depressed mood (OR=3.2) or suffered from anxiety (OR=6.3), had little (OR=4.8) or no (OR=6.5) psychological support from friends or family, or their partner (OR=4.4), had a baby given to crying (OR=7.8), had a low self-esteem (OR=4.8), or had had, as children, a mother that was often (OR=4.6) or always (OR=12.5) critical of them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the study are in agreement with the literature considering social and family support and the presence of anxiety and/or depression during pregnancy as main risk factors for PPD. In disagreement with previous studies on risk factors for depressive disorders, we found that the economic status was not associated to PPD.
authors: Fiorino
authors: F
authors: Mirabella
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Michielin
authors: Daniele
authors: D
authors: Piacentini
authors: Franco
authors: F
authors: Veltro
authors: Gina
authors: G
authors: Barbano
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Cattaneo
authors: Isabella
authors: I
authors: Cascavilla
authors: Gabriella
authors: G
authors: Palumbo
authors: Antonella
authors: A
authors: Gigantesco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires