The purpose of this study was to provide the basic data for developing a program for effective prevention for postpartum depression (PPD) by investigate the level of PPD in postpartum women. The subjects were 104 women. The data were collected from march, 2003 to June, using a 36 item questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS program for t-test, ANOVA, multiple regression. The results were as follow
1. The score of Postpartum depression was 44.1. The level of PPD according to General Characteristics was significantly difference according to home care need.
2. The level of PPD ccording to obstetrical characteristics was significantly differences according to postpartum complication(p＜.05). depression in pregnancy(p＜.01), baby’s health state(p＜.01).
3. The variables to predict postpartum depression in postpartum women are depression related to depression during
pregnancy, complication after delivery, and a baby’s condition. As the result of multiple regression analysis, variables bringing about postpartum discomfort were depression during pregnancy, complication after delivery, and a baby’s condition, and this model showed the explanatory power at 28.8%.
In conclusion, it is necessary to care mothers belonging to a risk group more concentrically by taking the factors causing postpartum depression into account, and to keep on studying repeatedly in order to raise the number of objects and to find related variables because this study has more or less limited objects not enough to generalize a bit. It is also necessary to study to make a program of arbitration in nursing of postpartum depression actually.
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