Trupti Amipara|Hinal Baria|Sunil Nayak
A study on postpartum depression and its association with infant feeding practices and infant nutritional status among mothers attending the anganwadi centers of Valsad district, Gujarat, India
systematic reviews postpartum depression ppd suggest ppd mothers likely interrupt exclusive breastfeeding inappropriate feeding practices resulting malnutrition child communitybased study planned objective find risk factors associated ppd possible association infant feeding practices infant nutritional statusthis crosssectional study conducted among 116 postpartum mothers attending anganwadi centers urban health training centre rural health training centre medical college purposive sampling technique applied informed written consent local language taken data collected predesigned pretested semistructured pro forma mothers screened possible ppd using 10item wellvalidated edinburgh ppd scale gujarati language cutoff point score 105 based previous studies infants nutritional status breastfeeding practices assessed according growth chart infant young child feeding guidelines1 68 prevalence ppd reported study 2 sociodemographic factors relationship mothers inlawshusbands help home childcare literacy status age marriage first child desiredinlaws sex child found significantly associated ppd 3 association ppd poor nutritional status child statistically significantthe study highlights need screening ppd community potential risk factors ppd taken consideration routine antenatalpostnatal care planning preventive strategies