Epidemiological study of postpartum depression among migrant women at Tianhe District of Guangzhou / 实用医学杂志

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.

Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression in Tianhe District of Guangzhou / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression (PPD) in Tianhe district of Guangzhou.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 1428 postpartum women in 3 hospitals in Tianhe District of Guangzhou were screened with Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) and a self-designed questionnaire of PPD-related factors during the period from May to September, 2013.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The prevalence of PPD was 20.03% in these women. Unconditional logistic regression analysis showed a significant correlation of PPD with education, delivery mode, only daughter, relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, newborn gender satisfaction and housing condition (P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified education, delivery mode, only daughter, relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and newborn gender satisfaction as the risk factors for PPD, and housing condition was negatively correlated with the incidence of PPD with an OR value of 0.900. Compared with healthy postpartum women, the patients with PPD exhibited significantly reduced total score of social support rating scale, score of objective support, score of subjective support, and social utilization degree.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The prevalence of PPD is high in Tianhe District of Guangzhou, and health education and psychosocial intervention should be offered to prevent PPD.</p>

Clinical analysis of serum levels of thyroid hormone chronic pulmonary heart disease patients with acute exacerbation / 中国基层医药

Objective To investigate pulmonary heart disease acute exacerbation of changes in the characteristics of thyroid function and significance. Methods Pulmonary heart disease with acute exacerbation of 200 cases as the observation group,in the same period 200 cases of healthyas control group, observation euthyroid sick syndrome (euthyroid sick syndrome, ESS) occurred, compared the observe and control groups, observer group in the survival group died with the group,ESS thyroid hormone treatment before and after the test results,ESS and death. Results Pulmonary heart disease with acute exacerbation of ESS incidence of 42. 5% (85/200) ;section observe the admission T3 ,FT3 lower than the control group;observer group in the survival group died and TSH group no significant difference,the group died T3 ,FT3 ,T4 ,FT4 were lower than the survival group( P＜0. 05 ) ;improvement in the treatment of primary disease, thyroid hormone, or return to near normal ; ESS mortality occurred in 30. 59% higher than a change of 13.04% mortality rate. Conclusion Serum thyroid hormone levels to reflect changes in the pulmonary heart disease in patients with acute exacerbation of the state of the body and severity of the dynamic serum levels of thyroid hormone can observe the development of pulmonary heart disease and prognosis.

Analysis of the reasons caused disturbance of consciousness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a-cute exacerbation / 中国基层医药

Objective To investigate the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation(AE-COPD) of eonseiousneas. Methods For January 2004 to June 2008, AECOPD clinical data were reviewed retroepec-tively. Results 5 yeats treated 310 eases with AECOPD,impaired consciousness occurred in 16. 8% (52/310) : 29cases of pulmonary encephalopathy, hypotonic encephalopathy 12 cases ,5 cases of cerebral infarctinn,4 cases of drug-induced;clinical symptoms often show a variety,may be characteristic,but the cause of death by up to 55.6% of the total number of deaths(10/18). Conclusion AECOPD had high incidence of disturbance of eonseiousneas,and it isdiflleult to avoid completely;should pay attention to identify,first perform head CT or MR/examination to exclude or-ganic brain disease,according to arterial blood gas analysis,bloed electrolyte,to further determine the cause.