OBJECTIVE the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is an important screening instrument routinely used during the peripartum period for the identification of depression. The purpose of the study was to assess the validity of the 10-item EPDS in screening for antepartum depression (APD) in Hungary. DESIGN validation study carried out between July and December 2010. SETTING Department ...

BACKGROUND Postpartum depression is a serious problem for women and their offspring. Micronutrient supplements are recommended for pregnant women because of their documented protective effects for the offspring, but their potential beneficial effects on maternal mental health are unknown. This study investigated the association between prenatal micronutrient supplementation and the risk for sym...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the impact of social support on postnatal depression and health-related quality of life. DESIGN prospective cohort study. Data were collected at baseline and at six weeks post discharge using a postal survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS between August and December 2008, 320 women from a large tertiary hospital were recruited following the birth of their infant. MEASUREM...

Throughout their life, women should pay attention to mental health. Evidence indicates that poor sleep quality is related depressive symptoms in pregnancy, justifying the intervention of health professionals improving promote pregnant women. The objective our study analyze relationship between and perinatal depression, identify obstetric nurse’s period. A total 53 28th week pregnancy 7th day af...

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 ...

Maternity blues and postpartum depression are common mental health problems during the early postpartum period. However, few studies have examined the factors associated with maternity blues and postpartum depression in healthy mothers with spontaneous births of healthy full-term infants. This study aimed to determine the demographic and obstetric factors, various feelings during pregnancy, and...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to review the main postpartum screening tools currently used in terms of their ability to screen for postnatal depression. Furthermore, the cultural characteristics of depressive postpartum symptomatology are examined. METHOD A systematic literature search was conducted for the period 1987-2009, using the Medline electronic database for the following key...

Introduction: Postpartum Depression (PPD) refers to non-psychotic depressive episodes that begin in or extend into the postpartum period. According The American Psychiatric Association (APA) depression is defined as occurrence of a Major Depressive Episode (MDE) within 4 weeks after delivery. Objectives our study: To find out prevalence PPD among women aged 20-40 years population. Methodology: ...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether women having an emergency caesarean section are at increased risk of developing postnatal depression at one, three and six months postpartum. DESIGN Participants were part of a larger study examining the relationship between personality dysfunction and postnatal depression. All women were recruited at an antenatal clinic in the first trimester of their pregnancy. ...