Effects of intervening measures on postpartum depression
- VernacularTitle:干预措施对产后抑郁症发病的影响
- Author:
Fengsen XU
;
Jianxin LIU
;
Shuping ZHANG
;
Juan LI
;
Qin SU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depression,postpartum;
Intervention studies
- From:
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2000;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the related factors of postpartum depression (PPD) and the effects of intervening measures to PPD incidence. Methods 1 597 pregnant women selected from our antenatal care clinic were investigated by using the hospital anxiety and depression questionnaire (HAD) during pregnancy and the Edinburgh postpartum depression scale (EPDS) after childbirth.All the enrolled women were randomlyd divided into control group and intervening group by the proportion of 1 to 2.Six intervening measures were used in the latter group. Results (1) There were 49 women whose HAD≥11 score (anxiety-depression mood)with 28 cases (57.1%) had got postpartum depression in the control group.In the intervening group,however,there were 94 women whose HAD≥11 score with 24 cases (25.5%) had got postpartum depression.There is a significant difference between the two groups ( P
