Postpartum

depression (PPD)
is a common
perinatal mental
disorder among
women,
occurring 4
weeks to 1 year
after giving birth
 from July 2013 to August 2014

10 wards of Hai Chau District, Danang

600 mothers
The Edinburgh Postpartum
Depression Scale (EPDS)
Sampling Strategy
 Demographic information
• Age
• Employment
• Education
• Experienced Financial Difficulties

Methods of Expectation regarding the pregnancy

Data • Gender of the infant
• Relationship with the husband

Collection Other
• Infant Illness
• Feeling anxiety about other problems after giving birth
Results
 Results

Employment Education

Public Offcials Business Junior High Senior High Grat and Post-Grat
Manual Workers Other
Results
Results
 1.
Prevalence of Postpartum
Depressive Symptoms
19.3%
PPD is an illness associated with
economic, cultural, and social
issues; thus the studies conducted
in places with various cultural and
social backgrounds will have
different rates of PPD.
2.
Factors Associated with
Postpartum Depressive 3.
Symptoms
- Women can rely on their husband
for help
- Women who can share all
problems with their husbands
- Anxious about other matters in
addition to giving birth
- Doing exercise after giving birth
- Having a sick infant in the
postnatal period
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 - This study only used the EPDS to assess
postpartum depressive symptoms, thus it
was quantitative research providing an
estimate of symptoms rather than clinical
diagnoses of depression.
- The social and cultural variables included
were based on existing literature
Limitations - Only married women were included in the
sample
- Factors associated with PPD in Danang
might be different for women in smaller
towns or rural areas
- As the study was cross-sectional; the
duration of PPD symptoms, and the
relationship between PPD and antenatal
depression, was not studied.
 CONCLUSION

- The prevalence of postpartum depressive symptoms was

19.3%
- The variables associated with postpartum depressive
symptoms included: reliance on the husband; not being able
to discuss problems with their husband; being anxious about
matters in addition to giving birth; not exercising after
giving birth, and having an ill baby in the postnatal period
- It is important to conduct further research to investigate
programs aimed at women at higher risk of perinatal mental
illness
 Ưu điểm
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- Xác định tỉ lệ hiện mắc - cỡ mẫu lớn 600
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- Đánh giá nhanh được kết quả TCSS

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