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Table 6 Risk factors for postnatal maternal depression at 6 weeks postpartum

From: Sociodemographic and delivery risk factors for developing postpartum depression in a sample of 3233 mothers from the Czech ELSPAC study

Risk factor

Frequency

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Odds ratio

p-value

Odds ratio

p-value

Personal or family history of depression

Personal history of depression

167 (5.2%)

3.8 (2.7; 5.3)

<0.001

2.7 (1.5; 4.9)

0.001

Mother of the expectant mother had a personal history of depression

553 (19.0%)

1.8 (1.4; 2.4)

<0.001

1.1 (0.7; 1.7)

0.659

Father of the expectant mother had a personal history of depression

154 (5.3%)

1.6 (1.1; 2.5)

0.026

1.2 (0.7; 2.3)

0.508

Factors regarding pregnancy or delivery

Unintentional pregnancy

1566 (48.7%)

1.3 (1.1; 1.7)

0.009

1.2 (0.9; 1.8)

0.264

Mother felt unhappy about being pregnant

164 (5.2%)

2.4 (1.6; 3.5)

<0.001

1.9 (1.0; 3.7)

0.051

Primiparous

1570 (48.6%)

1.1 (0.9; 1.3)

0.626

1.1 (0.7; 1.5)

0.743

Gender of the child – male

1678 (51.9%)

1.0 (0.8; 1.2)

0.724

1.2 (0.8; 1.7)

0.381

Preterm birth (less than 38 weeks)

83 (3.3%)

0.8 (0.4; 1.7)

0.541

0.6 (0.1; 2.7)

0.534

C-section

241 (7.6%)

1.4 (1.0; 2.0)

0.087

1.5 (0.8; 2.9)

0.241

Newborn transfer to ICU

153 (4.9%)

0.8 (0.5; 1.4)

0.488

0.6 (0.2; 2.4)

0.519

No breastfeeding

563 (18.4%)

1.2 (0.9; 1.6)

0.179

1.2 (0.8; 1.8)

0.392

Mother under 18 yearsa

41 (1.3%)

0.8 (0.3; 2.3)

0.690

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Education – secondaryb

1420 (44.4%)

0.9 (0.6; 1.2)

0.328

1.3 (0.8; 2.2)

0.242

Education – primaryb

1167 (36.5%)

0.9 (0.7; 1.3)

0.654

1.4 (0.9; 2.1)

0.146

Factors regarding the time of questionnaire

Family savingsc

1274 (56.9%)

0.8 (0.6; 1.1)

0.192

0.8 (0.5; 1.1)

0.137

Mother living alonec

88 (2.7%)

3.7 (2.3; 5.9)

<0.001

2.4 (1.1; 5.6)

0.033

Psychosocial stressorsd

4.0 (0.0; 17.0)

1.12 (1.10; 1.13)

<0.001

1.10 (1.07; 1.13)

<0.001

  1. aAnalysis not conducted due to small sample size
  2. bWe used college education as a reference value
  3. cQuestion was asked at 6 months postpartum
  4. dThis variable includes 35 questions regarding psychosocial stressors (the scale is 0-140 point), we stated median and a 5-95% percentile
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