CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN NORTH JAKARTA, INDONESIA Venna Yaasmiin Aadilah (a), Irma Nurbaeti (b)
a), b) Nursing Program, Faculty of Health Science, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
Introduction: One of the psychological problems that often occurs after birth period is postpartum depression, especially in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is believed that there are several factors that contribute to postpartum depression.
Aim: To analyze contributing factors to postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: Quantitative analytical methods with a cross-sectional design were carried out. Samples were recruited by accidental sampling technique. A number of 110 postpartum mothers with inclusion criteria were mothers with a postpartum period from one month to one year- married status- and the baby is alive, healthy without complications. The instrument used in this study was the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to measure postpartum depression. Data collected from April to May 2022 at North Jakarta, Indonesia through home visits. Linear Regression analysis was performed as data analysis.
Results: The study showed that the prevalence of postpartum depression was 31.8%. Significantly contributed factors were childcare stress (p-value= 0.001), life stress (p-value= 0.002), self-esteem (p-value= 0.002) and unplanned/unwanted pregnancy (p-value = 0.0001). As many as 82.7% of postpartum depression can be predicted from childcare stress, life stress, self-esteem and unplanned/unwanted pregnancy.
Conclusion: Screening for postpartum depression according to this study was mainly carried out for postpartum mothers who have risk factors particularly mothers who get child care stress, life stress, low self-esteem, and unplanned/unwanted pregnancy. Therefore, preventive measures can be taken as early as possible.
Keywords: COVID-19, Childcare Stress, Life Stress, Postpartum Depression, Unplanned/unwanted Pregnancy
