ArticleBMC psychiatry2018
Demographic, psychosocial and clinical factors associated with postpartum depression in Kenyan women.
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- Tools for screening maternal mental health conditions in primary care settings in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Effect of postpartum depression on exclusive breast-feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence and associated factors of post-partum depression in Ethiopia. A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Characterization and stratification of the correlates of postpartum depression in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
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- Improving postnatal social support using antenatal group-based psychoeducation: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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- Postpartum depression: The prevalence and associated factors among women attending postnatal clinics in the Bawku municipality, Upper East Region of Ghana.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023Article
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- Factors associated with postpartum depression symptoms among postpartum women in five countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: an online cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Postnatal depression and its social-cultural influences among adolescent mothers: A cross sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFew longitudinal studies have examined associations between risk factors during pregnancy and mental health outcomes during the postpartum period. We used a cohort study design to estimate the prevalence, incidence and correlates of significant postpartum depressive symptoms in Kenyan women.
methodsWe recruited adult women residing in an urban, resource-poor setting and attending maternal and child health clinics in two public hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya. A translated Kiswahili Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale was used to screen for depressive symptoms at baseline assessment in the 3rd trimester and follow up assessment at 6-10 weeks postpartum. Information was collected on potential demographic, psychosocial and clinical risk variables. Potential risk factors for postpartum depression were evaluated using multivariate logistic regression analysis.
resultsOut of the 171 women who were followed up at 6-10 weeks postpartum, 18.7% (95% CI: 13.3-25.5) were found to have postpartum depression using an EPDS cut off of 10. In multivariate analyses, the odds of having postpartum depression was increased more than seven-fold in the presence of conflict with partner (OR = 7.52, 95% CI: 2.65-23.13). The association between antepartum and postpartum depression was quite strong but did not reach statistical significance (OR = 3.37, 95% CI: 0.98-11.64).
conclusionsThe high prevalence of significant postnatal depressive symptoms among Kenyan women underscores the need for addressing this public health burden. Depression screening and psychosocial support interventions that address partner conflict resolution should be offered as part of maternal health care.
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