Ghosh Anuradha|Sudipta Goswami
Evaluation of Post Partum Depression in a Tertiary Hospital
Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata|Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
evaluate association different factors postpartum depressiona prospective study conducted department obstetrics gynecology medical college kolkata six thousand patients 47 days postpartum interrogated using edinburgh postnatal depression scale epds sociodemographic factors age parity literacy socioeconomic status marital status family structure history psychiatric disorder abuse mode delivery obstetric outcome recorded results analyzed statistically using chisquare testincidence ppd 25 significant association ppd seen poor socioeconomic group p 005 literacy p 0001 nuclear family structure p 005 single mother p 0001 past history psychiatric illness p 0001 history abuse p 005 poor obstetric outcome p 0001 age parity method delivery showed associationepds used routinely screen ppd among high risk cases