ABSTRACT
In order to map the mental state in the early puerperium the authors gave to a group of 100 women for five days after delivery Lüscher's colour test. Based on the assembled data a tentative average norm for the post-partum state was elaborated: 54312067 (i.e. violet, yellow, red, blue, green, grey, brown, black). Deviations from the norm were found in the following groups of parturient women: Caesarean sections 31540276 (p less than 0.05, n = 9), single and divorced 34512067 (NS), duration of the first stage of labour more than 360 mins. 51423067 (p less than 0.01, n = 29) or less than 180 mins. 34512067 (p less than 0.001, n = 22), more than one delivery 34512067 (p less than 0.01, n = 52) and university graduates 43152607 (p less than 0.001, n = 31). The above norm could be used after verification on a more numerous population group as a simple diagnostic means of unsatisfactory experience during the early puerperium.
