Ravi Prakash Upadhyay|Ranadip Chowdhury|Alireza Salehi|Kaushik Sarkar|Sunil Kumar Singh|Bireshwar Sinha|Aditya Pawar|Aarya Krishnan Rajalakshmi|Amardeep Kumar
Postpartum depression in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital|Southern Cross University|National Center for Disease Control|Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital|Lady Hardinge Medical College|Drexel University|Drexel University|Patna Medical College and Hospital
objective provide estimate burden postpartum depression indian mothers investigate risk factors conditionmethods searched pubmed google scholar embase databases articles published year 2000 31 march 2016 prevalence postpartum depression indian mothersthe search used subject headings keywords language restrictionsquality assessed via newcastleottawa quality assessment scalewe performed metaanalysis using random effects modelsubgroup analysis metaregression done heterogeneity egger test used assess publication biasfindings thirtyeight studies involving 20 043 women analysedstudies high degree heterogeneity 2 968and evidence publication bias egger bias 258 95 confidence interval ci 083433the overall pooled estimate prevalence postpartum depression 22 95 ci 1925the pooled prevalence 19 95 ci 1722 excluding 8 studies reporting postpartum depression within 2 weeks deliverysmall nonsignificant differences pooled prevalence found mothers age geographical location study settingreported risk factors postpartum depression included financial difficulties presence domestic violence past history psychiatric illness mother marital conflict lack support husband birth female baby conclusionthe review shows high prevalence postpartum depression indian mothersmore resources need allocated capacitybuilding maternal mental health care india