Table 4 Factors associated with postpartum depression among mothers attending maternal and child health clinics of the public health centers at Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 511)
From: Postpartum depression and associated factors among mothers in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Variables | Categories | Postpartum depression | COR (95% CI) | AOD (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depression | |||||
No | Yes | ||||
Stressful life events | No | 333 | 52 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 65 | 62 | 6.23 (3.95, 9.83) | 4.46 (2.64, 7.54)*** | |
Women autonomy in decision making | Yes | 278 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
No | 120 | 80 | 5.62 (3.55, 8.8) | 4.26 (2.54, 7.14)* | |
Hospitalization of a baby | No | 312 | 66 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 86 | 47 | 2.58 (1.66, 4.03) | 2.24 (1.17, 4.31)* | |
Planned for pregnancy | Yes | 339 | 83 | 1 | 1 |
No | 59 | 30 | 2.08 (1.26, 3.43) | 1.86 (1.02, 3.41)** | |
Intimate partner violence | No | 361 | 66 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 37 | 47 | 6.95 (4.2, 11.51) | 3.16 (1.76, 5.67)*** | |
Previous history of depression | No | 370 | 97 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 28 | 16 | 2.18 (1.13, 4.2) | 1 (0.40, 2.30) | |
Family history of mental illness | Near | 22 | 20 | 3.7 (1.90, 7.10) | 2.6 (0.14, 1.70) |
Distant | 51 | 13 | 1.04 (0.54, 2) | 0.7 (0.30, 1.60) | |
No | 325 | 80 | 1 | 1 | |
Mode of delivery | Vaginally | 290 | 80 | 1 | 1 |
C/section | 74 | 14 | 0.7 (0.40, 1.30) | 0.67 (0.32, 1.40) | |
Instrumental | 34 | 19 | 2.03 (1.1, 3.70) | 1.9 (0.90, 4) | |