ABSTRACT
Introducción: La sintomatología depresiva en el postparto impacta negativamente en el sistema familiar. En México existe poca investigación al respecto por ello es primordial su estudio. Objetivo: Conocer la frecuencia de sintomatología depresiva postparto y los factores psicosociales que se le asocian. Material y métodos. Se entrevistaron 154 mujeres con 0 a 12 meses de postparto que acudieron a dos hospitales públicos de un estado del noreste México. Se aplicó el Cuestionario de Depresión Postparto de Edimburgo (EPDS) para medir la sintomatología depresiva y un Cuestionario de Factores Psicosociales diseñado por los investigadores. Resultados. El 16% de la muestra presentó sintomatología depresiva. Los factores que se le asociaron fueron estado civil de unión libre, familiar con depresión, tristeza en embarazo, acontecimiento vital estresante en embarazo, consumo de alcohol en embarazo, ansiedad, consumo de alcohol actual, insatisfacción con los cambios corporales, percibir mayor atención de la familia al bebé y haber experimentado tristeza en embarazos anteriores. Conclusiones. Existen factores psicosociales que se asocian a sintomatología depresiva en el postparto que es de relevancia conocer en la atención primaria con el fin de crear estrategias preventivas en las instituciones de salud.
Background. Postpartum depressive symptomatology has a negative impact on the nuclear family. Research on this topic is scarce in Mexico, therefore conducting more studies in this field is of upmost importance. Objective. Finding out the frequency of postpartum depressive symptomatology and its associated psychosocial factors. Material and methods. 154 women at 0-12 months postpartum that attended two public hospitals in a northeast state of the Mexico were interviewed. They answered the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS), measuring depressive symptomatology, and a Psychosocial Factors questionnaire designed by the researchers. Results. 16% of women in the cohort presented depressive symptomatology. The factors associated were out-of-wedlock cohabitation, having relatives that suffer from depression, feelings of sadness during pregnancy, stressful life event during pregnancy, alcohol consumption during pregnancy, anxiety, current alcohol consumption, dissatisfaction regarding body changes caused by pregnancy, feeling that family attention is focused on the baby and having feelings of sadness during previous pregnancies. Conclusions. There are psychosocial factors that are associated to postpartum depressive symptomatology, which should be taken into consideration to create preventive strategies in health institutes.