Postpartum depression and postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder: prevalence and associated factors

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Factors associated with PPD symptoms based on multivariate analyses (N = 1136)

Characteristics	ß	Wald	P value	OR (95%CI)
Sleep quality
low	1.292	17.493	< 0.001	3.640 (1.987–6.668)
medium	0.653	12.545	< 0.001	1.922 (1.339–2.760)
high				reference
Social support
low (PSSS score 12–36)				reference
medium (PSSS score 37–60)	−2.101	10.202	0.001	0.122 (0.034–0.444)
high (PSSS score 61–84)	−3.535	28.940	< 0.001	0.029 (0.008–0.106)
Incubator admission
no				reference
yes	0.746	5.289	0.021	2.109 (1.117–3.982)
PP-PTSD symptoms
no (PPQ score < 19)				reference
yes (PPQ score ≥ 19)	2.216	44.243	< 0.001	9.170 (4.773–17.617)

Bold values indicate statistical significance.
ß: standardized regression coefficients. OR: adjusted odds ratio, adjusted for household registration location, ethnicity, employment, one child family, sleep quality, social support, planned pregnancy, newborn’s Apgar score in 1 min, NICU admission, incubator admission, and PP-PTSD symptoms. 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
PPD Postpartum depression, PSSS Perceived Social Support Scale, PP-PTSD Postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder, PPQ Perinatal Post-traumatic Stress Questionnaire.

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