Utilization of Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale (EPDS) as Screening Tool for Predicting Life Events related to Anxiety & Depression during Perinatal Period: An Implication of Preventive Psychiatry
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is depression that occurs after having a child. Feelings of postpartum depression are more intense and last longer than those of “baby blues,” a term used to describe the worry, sadness, and tiredness many women experience after having a child. This study was undertaken with the objective to assess the magnitude of risk of Post-Partum Depression in mothers admitted for institutional delivery in JK Hospital Methods: It is a cross sectional analytical study. Study was conducted in outpatient department of Psychiatry of JK Hospital, Kolar, Bhopal which is a tertiary care institution. Study was conducted for 6 months amongst the population of mothers who were referred to Psychiatry OPD and who delivered in a week before period. Convenience sampling method was adopted to conduct the study. The EPDS was the main scale used in the study. Results: Out of 8 variables of study only education level of mothers was found to be insignificant statistically. Rest of the other variables were calculated as statistically significant in our study. Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale rating was adopted with a cut off of 8, which revealed that about 51.61% of mothers were falling outside the risk boundary of postpartum depression. Conclusions: The EDPS is useful scale for screening for post natal depression in mothers that have recently undergone a delivery though further studies are needed to validate these findings.
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Pritesh Goutam, Rituja Kaushal
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- EP ID EP606772
- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.6.2.2019.178-182
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