Maternity blues: psychometric approach

ABSTRACT

In this study, 61 women who were admitted to hospital for labor were studied for anxiety and depression. The results were compared with a control group of 22 women admitted for general surgery matched for the age, socioeconomic st and ard and educational level. There was a significant difference between both groups as regards the levels of anxiety and depression. Women with normal delivery were compared with those with CS and no significant difference was found. The study showed no significant difference between women with pathological scores and those without pathological scores as regards the age of marriage, age at labor, sex of the newly born or relation with the husb and