Changes in the Mental State of Mothers after Giving Birth

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"The authors investigated the changes in the mental state of mothers from five days to one month after giving birth. The subjects were 664 women admitted for delivery to an obstetric clinic between February 2002 and May 2003. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used for the analysis of mental state. Subjects' general attributes were investigated through a series of questionnaires. Among 786 mothers, 664 participated (participation rate was 84.5%). The mean age of the subjects was 29.2±4.5 (SD) years. Three hundred eighty three mothers (58%) were primiparous. Most subjects only suffered minimally from obstetric complications. Based on the changes in EPDS score, we defined four groups. At five days after delivery, 10.8% of the women were in a depressive state, but after one month, only 4.7% had depressive tendencies. At five days, the primiparous group had a significantly higher EPDS score when compared with the multiparous group (5.16±3.20 vs 3.98±2.88 (Mean±SD) ; p<0.001). But after one month, the EPDS score of both groups had almost the same value. This study showed that the depressive state of women after giving birth can generally be considered a temporary mental state and that most women recover from this depression within a month of delivery."
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