Jamshaid, S.; Malik, N.I.; Ullah, I.; Saboor, S.; Arain, F.; De Berardis, D. Postpartum Depression and Health: Role of Perceived Social Support among Pakistani Women. Diseases2023, 11, 53.
Jamshaid, S.; Malik, N.I.; Ullah, I.; Saboor, S.; Arain, F.; De Berardis, D. Postpartum Depression and Health: Role of Perceived Social Support among Pakistani Women. Diseases 2023, 11, 53.
Jamshaid, S.; Malik, N.I.; Ullah, I.; Saboor, S.; Arain, F.; De Berardis, D. Postpartum Depression and Health: Role of Perceived Social Support among Pakistani Women. Diseases2023, 11, 53.
Jamshaid, S.; Malik, N.I.; Ullah, I.; Saboor, S.; Arain, F.; De Berardis, D. Postpartum Depression and Health: Role of Perceived Social Support among Pakistani Women. Diseases 2023, 11, 53.
Abstract
Postpartum depression (PPD) can predispose to physical and mental health problems in women. However, PPD is associated with health and perceived social support but their causal relationship is unclear. Therefore, this study intended to evaluate the association of PPD with insomnia, mental health, and physical health. Convenience sampling technique was used to collect data from 320 (52.8 %) young and middle aged postpartum women, in the outpatient departments of obstetrics and gynecology in Government Maula Bakhsh Hospital, District Head Quarter in Sargodha, Pakistan. The Edinburgh Postnatal depression scale, Pittsburg sleep quality index, Warwick-Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale, Patient health questionnaire, and Multidimensional scale of perceived social support were used to measure study variables. Results revealed a significant positive relationship of PPD with physical health (r= .45, p=.001), while a negative relationship with insomnia (r= -.24, p<.001), and perceived social support (r= -.38, p=.001). Results further confirmed that perceived social support played a moderating role (β = .97, p=.01) in the relationship between PPD and mental health among females. This study concluded that perceived social support has an important role in PPD and women’s health. The study also concluded that poor health is a risk indicator for identifying aid in the early stages of postpartum among women.
Keywords
Insomnia; Mental health; Physical health; perceived social support; Postpartum Depression
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health
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