Caracterización de madres deprimidas en el posparto / Characterization of depressed mothers in the postpartum
Rev. méd. Chile
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138(5): 536-542, mayo 2010. tab
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a mood disorder that occurs during a specific period of womens lifetime puerperium. The prevalence of PPD ranges from 8 percent to 30 percent, and a three-fold increase is seen in emerging as compared to developed countries.Aim:
To characterize women consulting in primary care facilities for PPD. Material andMethods:
Social and demographic features, obstetrical history, clinical symptoms and puerperal care of 440 postpartum women that sought help in primary care and were diagnosed as depressed, are described.Results:
These women had no paid employment (82.7 percent), had unplanned pregnancies (62.5 percent) and lacked adequate social support (59.4 percent). From the clinical viewpoint, most of these puerperal women had a family history of depression (64.2 percent) and 31 percent had suffered from previous depressive episodes. The clinical symptoms of these patients consisted of depressed mood (93.2 percent), anhedonia (87.9 percent) and fatigue (87 percent).Conclusions:
Women depressed postpartum form a group that requires more clinical attention due to its great biological vulnerability, active depressive symptoms, and enormous psychosocial risk. The mother and child program, which benefits them, needs to be combined with a mental health component that can offer them a treatment adapted to their psychosocial context.
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Main subject:
Depression, Postpartum
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Mothers
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Chile/CL
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Universidad de los Andes/CL
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