RISK FACTORS OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AT THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN HOSPITAL IN MAKASSAR
Andi Sri Ratnaningsih (1*), Elizabet C. Jusuf (2), Eddy Hartono (2)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Social Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia

Abstract

Objective: To assess risk factors of postpartum depression (PPD).
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in February-March 2020 at St. Khadijah I Women and Children Hospital in Makassar. PPD assessment through direct interviews using a Postnatal Risk Questionnaire (PNRQ) questionnaire. The characteristics of the study sample are presented in frequencies and percentages. Multivariate analysis was used to assess the risk factors for postpartum depression.
Results: A hundred postpartum women were eligible. Most of the women aged 20 until 35 years (86%), low education (74.0%), unemployment (81%), low socioeconomic status (66%), primiparous (54%), ANC &#8805;4 times (62%), and performed vaginal delivery (67%). Based on PNRQs assessment, 38% of these women were at risk of developing PPD. Significant differences found between the two study groups in terms of education, employment, parity and frequency of ANC (all p<0.05). In contrast, there was no significant differences in terms of age, socioeconomic status and mode of delivery between the two study groups (all p>0.05). Multivariate analysis show parity in women after childbirth had 14 fold risk for experience postpartum depression.
Conclusion: Parity is the strong risk factor for postpartum depression.

Keywords: Postpartum depression, risk factors

Topic: Women and mental health