ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2023
Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression among women living in the United Arab Emirates.
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- The association of psycho-economic factors with postpartum depression without significant medical complications for the mother and infant: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
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- Prevalence and factors influencing postpartum depression and its culture-specific cutoffs for women in Asia: a scoping review.Ewha medical journal · 2025Review
- Obstetric risk factors contributing to postpartum depression in the Northern Region of Ghana.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Development and validation of an interpretable machine learning model and online web-based calculator based on social-ecosystem theory for early prediction of postpartum depression: a longitudinal study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Postnatal Depression in Ernakulam District, India: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Postpartum Depression among Mothers in the Emirates of Abu Dhabi.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Factors influencing postpartum depression in Saudi women: a cross-sectional descriptive study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Article
- Biopsychosocial Predictors of Postpartum Depression: Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sociodemographic Correlates of Postpartum Depression: A Survey-Based Study.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Palestinian Women in the Hebron Governorate, Palestine.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2024Article
- Burden and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Southwest Saudi Arabia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Postpartum Depression in Young Mothers in Urban and Rural Indonesia.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposePostpartum depression received almost no attention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The aim was to examine the prevalence of depressive symptomatology and the associated risk factors among women in the UAE.
methodsA prospective cohort study recruited women from postpartum wards in hospitals across four emirates in the UAE. Women completed questionnaires immediately after childbirth and at 3 and 6 months postpartum. Depressive symptomatology was measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS > 12). Risk factors were identified using the generalized estimating equation. A stratified analysis of the postpartum period was performed.
resultsAmong the 457 women recruited, 35% exhibited depressive symptomatology within the first 6 months postpartum. Younger women (< 25 years), part-time employment, the receipt of financial support from the family, and difficulty in managing monthly income were associated with a higher risk of postpartum depression. Husband's employment, husband's support, and living in own house were associated with a lower risk of postpartum depression. Maternity leave of more than 3 months increased the risk of depression during the first 3 months postpartum. From 3 to 6 months postpartum, Muslim women had a higher risk of depression whereas women who breastfed other children and in the past 7 days, and perceived their infant as healthy had a lower risk of depression.
conclusionsThe prevalence of maternal depressive symptomatology is considerable in the UAE. Risk factors change over the 6-month postpartum period suggesting the need for an innovative multidisciplinary approach to the management of postpartum depression, including follow-up screening.
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