title: Characteristics of Postpartum Depression in Anand District, Gujarat, India.
abstract: Characteristics of postpartum depression (PPD) in Anand District, Gujarat, India. PPD affects 1 in 10 women in the developed world. It has been implicated as an independent factor with adverse effect on child health, and health care-seeking behavior of mothers. We sought to find the prevalence of PPD in our hospital by including mothers who registered and delivered live babies at our hospital. Basic demographic information related to pregnancy was acquired from mothers and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), pre-translated and validated in Gujarati language, was administered. Current study observed prevalence of PPD as 48.5% using cutoff score of 10.5 for classifying depression in Gujarati women. Factors associated with depression after multivariable logistic regression were: age of mother, modified Kuppuswami category (MKC) score, family type, violence from husband, gravida, para and sex of infant. PPD has higher prevalence in our study vis-a-vis Western countries. This may be because of early administration of EPDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat 388325, India.
authors.forename: Himadri L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Central Research Services, Charutar Arogya Mandal, Karamsad, Gujarat 388325, India.
authors.forename: Jaishree D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ganjiwale
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat 388325, India.
authors.forename: Archana S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nimbalkar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat 388325, India.
authors.forename: Shashi N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Vani
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60637 USA.
authors.forename: Rohitkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vasa
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat 388325, India Central Research Services, Charutar Arogya Mandal, Karamsad, Gujarat 388325, India somu_somu@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Somashekhar M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nimbalkar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: EPDS; child health; depression; postpartum