The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of a theory of maternal postpartum role collapse. The influences of traditional role theory and symbolic interactionism are presented. The development of the maternal postpartum role collapse theory emerged from the study of postpartum depression among African-American women (Amankwaa, 2000). Major components of the theory of postpartum ma...

This prospective study was carried out in a service hospital, with the aim to study the prevalence and incidence of depression in pregnancy and postpartum period. Eighty Four consecutive patients attending the antenatal outpatient in the Obstetrics & Gynaecology department in their last trimester of pregnancy were recruited for the study. They were assessed on Beck Depression Inventory thrice v...

introduction: postpartum depression is a common mood disorder in the reproductive periods of women which can have negative effects on the mental health of the family and cognitive and emotional development of the baby. therefore, diagnosing effective factors is important for preventting postpartum depression. the purpose of this study was to compare the postpartum depression after vaginal deliv...

background and aim: post-traumatic stress disorder is one of the anxiety disorders which occur in postpartum period. the prevalence of ptsd – induced by preeclampsia has been already reported as 28%, however no study was found to compare ptsd in primiparous and multiparous women. this study was therefore conducted to compare ptsd in primiparous and multiparous women. methods: this comparative d...

background: considering the importance of using more appropriate imaging technique for accurate diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism (pte) with less side eff ects, we aimed to evaluate the quality of pulmonary 64-multidetector computed tomographic (mdct) angiography in pregnant and postpartum women with suspected pte in isfahan. materials and methods:in this descriptive study, radiological fi...

BACKGROUND Even though the problem of anemia during pregnancy has been adequately emphasized, very little attention has been paid to postpartum anemia. The objective of the current study was to estimate the mean change in maternal hemoglobin from 36 weeks' gestation to 6 weeks postpartum and to identify the factors associated with anemia during the postpartum period among women in a rural devel...

BACKGROUND Some 5%-15% of all women experience postpartum depression (PPD), which for many is their first psychiatric disorder. The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of postpartum affective disorder (AD), duration of treatment, and rate of subsequent postpartum AD and other affective episodes in a nationwide cohort of women with no prior psychiatric history. METHODS AND FIND...

BACKGROUND Studies on serum IgE levels during pregnancy are limited. OBJECTIVE To investigate the course of serum total IgE levels during pregnancy and postpartum. METHODS 159 pregnant subjects provided 218 serum samples during various stages of pregnancy and the postpartum period. Serum total IgE geometric means were compared at various trimesters and postpartum. In addition, the postpartu...

Background:  Postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) is an autoimmune disease that usually occurs in the first year after parturition and presents with periods of transient thyrotoxicosis and/or hypothyroidism, and in some cases results in permanent hypothyridism.Objective: To determine the prevalence of PPT in healthy postpartum women in Shiraz, southern Iran.Methods: Of 460 postpartum women from Shiraz ...