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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em Espanhol
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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 and Methods: 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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Assunto principal:
Depressão Pós-Parto
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Mães
Tipo de estudo:
Ensaio Clínico Controlado
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Estudo de etiologia
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de Chile/CL
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Universidad de los Andes/CL
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