to determine the level of anxiety and depression in hospitalized patients in surgical and internal departments. a cross sectional study on 359 hospitalized patients who were recruited from internal and surgical wards of khatam alanbia hospital. hospital anxiety and depression scale was used to collect information. borderline cases of anxiety and depression were 26.7% and 24.8%. probable cases o...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate antenatal depression screening employing two scales: the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) for the population of Chinese pregnant women with obstetric complications. A convenience sample of 842 Chinese pregnant women with complications participated in this study. The PDSS total score corr...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the role of peripartum analgesic and psychological factors that may be related to postpartum depression (PPD). METHODS This case-control study was conducted in pregnant females who delivered at KK Women's and Children's Hospital from November 2010 to October 2013 and had postpartum psychological assessment. Demographic, medical, and postpartum psyc...

The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the relationship between body image perception and breastfeeding in puerperae with postpartum depression symptoms. The participants (147 healthy puerperae) completed The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT-A and BUT-B), investigating body image perception and specific worries about particular body...

BACKGROUND Postpartum depression (PPD) is moderate to severe depression in a woman after she has given birth. Findings from several well-designed studies reflect great variability in rates, from 10 to 22%, and also in risk factors for PPD. This variability may reflect geographical location. The incidence and risk factors for PPD among Turkish women are not well documented. It is, however, impor...

We want to understand he concentration of damage in microfractured elastic media. Due to the different scallings of the volume and area (or area and length in two dimensions) the traditional method of homogenization using periodic arrays of cells seems to fail when applied to the Mumford-Shah functional and to periodically fractured domains. In the present paper we are departing from traditiona...

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a mood disorder that affects 10 to 15 percent of new mothers and can have a devastating effect on the mother and the development of her baby. Management of postpartum depression is a vital part of adequate medical care, but it often goes unrecognized in new mothers without a formal screening. Early formal screening for postpartum depression is not only best practi...

BACKGROUND Correlates and predictors of mood disturbances at 3 days and 6 weeks postpartum were assessed in Irish mothers and their partners. METHOD The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Highs Scale were used to assess 370 mothers and their partners. Socio-demographic, clinical and obstetric data were collected at patients' first antenatal visit. Factors associated with EPDS...

BACKGROUND The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a widely used instrument to measure postnatal depression. This study aimed to translate and to test the reliability and validity of the EPDS in Iran. METHODS The English language version of the EPDS was translated into Persian (Iranian language) and was used in this study. The questionnaire was administered to a consecutive sample ...

BACKGROUND Postnatal depression is a non-psychotic depressive disorder that begins within 4 weeks of childbirth and occurs in 13% of mothers and 10% of fathers. A prospective study with the aim to evaluate the prevalence of postnatal depression by screening parents with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in the Italian paediatric primary care setting was performed. METHODS Mother...