Types and Characteristics of Short‐Term Course of Depression after Delivery: Using Zung's Self‐Rating Depression Scale

Tsukasaki, Minoru; Ohta, Yasuyuki; Oishi, Kazuyo; Miyaichi, Kazuko; Kato, Nachiko

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1819.1991.tb01178.x

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“…Although incidence of maternity blues was not calculated from ZSDS scores in our present study, the proportion of subjects exhibiting scores over 60 amounted to 4%. This value is in fact lower than that reported by Tsukasaki et al, (1991) which appears to indicate that our current result is not particularly high in comparison to the other reports from Japan.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Although our current study was conducted on mothers in the period when depression can be considered maternity blues, it is not possible to confirm that this was indeed the case, being a one-time survey. There are even those reporting that the ZSDS does not appropriately reflect maternity blues (Okano and Nomura, 1992), while others report higher ZSDS scores for a maternity blues group in comparison to a nonmaternity blues group (Tsukasaki et al, 1991). Given such disparity, our decision was to employ the ZSDS as a scale for evaluating maternal depression in the early postpartum period, without limiting the phenomenon to maternity blues per se.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The incidence of maternity blues reported in the United States is quite high, between 50 and 80% (Okano and Nomura, 1992). This rate is considerably lower in Japan, reported at 4.5% (Tsukasaki et al, 1991), 25.5% (Okano and Nomura, 1992), 15.3% (Murata et al, 1998), or 24% (Yamashita et al, 2000). As one socio-cultural factor contributing to the low incidence of maternity blues in Japan, Okano et al (1991) point out the traditional system of 'satogaeri bunben', or return of the mother to her parental home for the period surrounding childbirth.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…This is considerably high in comparison to other studies, such as by Ito et al (1993), similarly considering over 40 as ZSDS-positive scores in a study on depressive states in puerperium, who report an incidence of 38.7%. However, considering mothers with ZSDS scores over 60 at 1 week postpartum as cases of maternity blues, Tsukasaki et al (1991) report an incidence of 8.2%. Although incidence of maternity blues was not calculated from ZSDS scores in our present study, the proportion of subjects exhibiting scores over 60 amounted to 4%.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…As one socio-cultural factor contributing to the low incidence of maternity blues in Japan, Okano et al (1991) point out the traditional system of 'satogaeri bunben', or return of the mother to her parental home for the period surrounding childbirth. However, the reported effects of 'satogaeri bunben' are not necessarily consistent (Murata et al, 1998;Yamashita et al, 2000), and moreover, because the definition of maternity blues or its diagnostic criteria are not necessarily clear (Tsukasaki et al, 1991), questions remain regarding even the differentiation between maternity blues and postnatal depression (Yamashita et al, 2000).…”

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confidence: 98%

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Depression in the early postpartum period and attachment to children—in mothers of NICU infants

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Depression in early puerperium was evaluated in terms of maternal attachment in mothers of children admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in comparison to a control group of mothers of full-term infants. A survey including Zung's self-rating depression scale (ZSDS), a postpartum maternal attachment scale and items addressing the mother's feelings and peripheral conditions was conducted on mothers of children admitted to the NICU. Among the 153 mothers who gave valid responses, positive ZSDS scores of over 40 were seen in 61.8%. In terms of the children's disorder, strong depressive tendency was noted among mothers of low birth weight infants. Significant correlation was noted between the ZSDS and the 'core maternal attachment' (negative correlation) and 'anxiety regarding children' (positive correlation) subscales of postpartum maternal attachment. Path analysis revealed the father's positive reaction in learning of the pregnancy resulted in elevation of the 'core maternal attachment' score, in contrast to the control group mothers.

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confidence: 83%

Section: Construction Of the Questionnairementioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Zsds Scorementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Postnatal depressive mood in Turkish women

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Selimoğlu³

et al. 2005

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The aim of this study was measure the prevalence and influencing factors of depressive mood after delivery. We performed this study on 912 women who gave birth at Maternity Hospital in Bursa/ Turkey. We used Zung's Self-Rating Depression Scale (ZSDS) and a questionnaire in order to obtain the women's backgrounds and the possible risk factor characteristics. The ZSDS and questionnaire were filled out within 1 week after the delivery, by means of face-to-face interviews at the hospital, and 1 month after delivery all the women were visited at their homes and the ZSDS was performed again. In our study, 18% of the mothers (164/912) scored 60 and over in the ZSDS 1 week after childbirth. This percentage had fallen to 9.8% (89/912) 1 month after childbirth. The prevalence of maternity blues in our study was 13.1%. In terms of depression, we found no significant differences regarding age, fertility characteristics, length of labor, residence after childbirth, help after childbirth, breastfeeding practices and the health of the baby. Low educational and economic levels were found to be effective factors in postnatal mood for our population. They may also be risk factors for postnatal depression.

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Postpartum Depression and Maternity Blues in Immigrants

Gonidakis¹

2012

Perinatal Depression

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proficient in English did have a higher prevalence of depression and were more likely to report seeking more practical and emotional support. They were more likely to have no 'time out' from baby care and to report feeling lonely and isolated (Bandyopadhyay, 2010). Although there has been mounting research in mental disorders in the puerperium and especially postpartum depression, little focus has been placed on immigrant women (Fung and Dennis, 2010). This is a significant limitation given the continuous growth of the immigration movement and the changing demographics in North America and Europe. In Greece within two decades the percentage of the population that was born in another country has increased rapidly due to vast arrivals of immigrants from a large number of geographical areas such as the Balkans (Albania and Bulgaria), Eastern Europe (Poland, former USSR countries), Western and Eastern Africa (Nigeria and Ethiopia), and Western and Central Asia (Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh). Most of these people have decided to immigrate for political, financial, and/or personal reasons, such as domestic violence or divorce. It is estimated that about 10% of the inhabitants of Athens are first generation immigrants. Furthermore, an unknown number of immigrants remain in Greece for only a short time, as their final destination is Central Europe or North America (Gonidakis et al, 2011).

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Types and Characteristics of Short‐Term Course of Depression after Delivery: Using Zung's Self‐Rating Depression Scale

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Depression in the early postpartum period and attachment to children—in mothers of NICU infants

Depression in the early postpartum period and attachment to children—in mothers of NICU infants

Postnatal depressive mood in Turkish women

Postpartum Depression and Maternity Blues in Immigrants

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