Depressão materna e fatores de risco associados

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the frequency of postpartum depression and associated risk factors in a sample of mothers of infants born in a medium-sized city in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). The study was carried out in a School Hospital in which the infants underwent neonatal hearing screening, from March to May 2010. The study sample consisted of 183 infant-mother dyads. To collect data, an interview script was used on socioeconomic, demographic, obstetrical and psychosocial information and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The majority of the sample studied did not present evidence of postpartum depression (56.1%), and the risk factors associated with depression were low family income and no pregnancy planning. The precarious socioeconomic conditions of women and the non-planning of gestation were the factors that significantly influenced the onset of depression in the postpartum period in the sample studied.

Chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection is associated with decreased working memory performance in women

“…Depression has been identified as a multifactorial mood disorder, and social factors, such as the quality of support received by the mother during this period, can contribute to the onset of depressive symptoms in the postnatal period (Piccinini et al, 2014). Also, whether the pregnancy was planned or not and the mother's socioeconomic status are risk factors for postpartum depression (Carlesso et al, 2019). Future studies should investigate how the interaction between these social and biological factors contribute to the mother's disease in this period and seek to develop prevention and care strategies for women after the baby is born.…”