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Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare 2017

http://pediatrics.cmesociety.com

September 11-12, 2017 Los Angeles, CA, USA

World Pediatrics &

Neonatal Healthcare Conference

Journal of Pediatric Health Care and Medicine Volume 1, Issue 1

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Perinatal depression and associated factors among reproductive aged group women at

Goba and Robe Town of Bale Zone, Oromia region, south east Ethiopia

Tomas Benti Tefera

Madawalabu University, Ethiopia

Background:

In sub SaharanAfrica little progress has been made towards achieving theMillenniumDevelopment

Goals. Lack of achievement of MDGs is reflected in only minor changes in maternal mortality and child health,

this is especially true in Ethiopia. Perinatal depression is common in developing countries where one in three

women has a significant mental health problem during pregnancy and after childbirth. Perinatal depression is

associated with inadequate prenatal care and poor maternal weight gain, low infant birth weight, and infant

growth restriction. This study determined the prevalence of perinatal depression and its associated factors among

reproductive age group women at Goba and Robe town of Bale zone, Oromia region, south east Ethiopia. A cross

sectional study with simple random sampling was employed to include 340 eligible subjects. The WHO self-

reporting questionnaire with 20 items with a cut-off point 6 and above was used to separate non-cases/cases of

perinatal depression. Data were collected by trained data collectors. Descriptive analysis was done using SPSS

Version 16. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors of perinatal depression

at 95% CI and P value of ≤ 0.05.

Results:

Prevalence of perinatal depression was about 107 (31.5%). About 20 (5.9%), 86 (25.3%) were current

smokers and alcohol consumers respectively. Two hundred seventy-seven (71.2%) of the respondents reported

husband support during their pregnancy and after birth and 195 (59.3%) were reported support from the husband’s

family/relatives. Maternal perceived difficulty of child care, family history of mental illness, family visit during

the perinatal period, history of child death and husband smoking status were found as independent predictors of

perinatal depression.

Conclusion:

This study found that 1 in 3 women in this region of Ethiopia have depression. Depression screening

is not currently routine care, but should be given due attention due to the high prevalence of depression in these

populations. Public health agencies could organize special training events for health care workers, including

health extension workers on mental health and must provide screening service to strengthen mental health in the

pregnant and postpartum family.