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URDANETA M, José et al. PREVALENCIA DE DEPRESIÓN POSPARTO EN PRIMIGESTAS Y MULTÍPARAS VALORADAS POR LA ESCALA DE EDIMBURGO. Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol. [online]. 2010, vol.75, n.5, pp.312-320. ISSN 0048-766X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-75262010000500007.

Background: Today the depressive upheavals represent an important public health's problem, being more frequent in the women and with greater risk during the pregnancy and puerperium. Objective: To compare the prevalence of postpartum depression in nulliparous and multiparous women taken care of Maternity "Dr. Armando Castillo Plaza" at the University Hospital of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Method: A comparative investigation with non experimental design was realized, it which included a sample of 100 women in later puerperium, divided in two even groups of 50 subjects according to her parity, evaluated by Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. The results demonstrated a prevalence of the positive test in 91% of the sample, with a confirmed prevalence of postpartum depression by the DSM-IV of 22%, presenting a highly frequency of suicidal ideas in the multiparous group (p<0.05) also, don’t found statistically significant association between parity and postpartum depression. Conclusion: The studied population show a highly prevalence of postpartum depression, without majors differences according to the parity.

Palabras clave : Postpartum depression; Edinburgh postnatal depression scale; parity.

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