Epidemiological study of postpartum depression among migrant women at Tianhe District of Guangzhou
10.3969/j.issn.1006-5725.2014.10.045
- VernacularTitle:广州市天河区外来女性产后抑郁症的流行病学研究
- Author:
Aiwen DENG
;
Ribo XIONG
;
Tingting JIANG
;
Yingping LUO
;
Dong WEI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Migrant women;
Postpartum depression;
Epidemiological study
- From:
The Journal of Practical Medicine
2014;(10):1648-1651
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression among female immigrants at Tianhe district of Guangzhou. Methods A total of 2021 migrant women postpartum in three hospitals at Tianhe district of Guangzhou were screened with Center for Epidemiological Survey Depression Scale , (CES-D), Social Support Rating Scale(SSRS) and self-made related factors questionnaire from May to December, 2013. Results This study showed postpartum depression affected 18.31% of migrant women at Tianhe district of Guangzhou. Unconditional logistic regression analysis showed a significant correlation of PPD with birth place , residence time,newborn disease,fetus gender and household income (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified birth place,residence time,newborn disease,fetus gender as the risk factors for PPD,household income was negatively correlated with the incidence of PPD with OR value of 0.680;Compared with healthy female immigrants, the total score of social support rating scale,the score of objective support,subjective support and social utilization degree were significantly reduced respectively in female immigrants with PPD. Conclusion The prevalence of PPD was high at Tianhe district of Guangzhou,health education and comprehensive social support system should be offered in order to prevent PPD.
