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Table 3 Presence of depression from childbirth according to previous depression

From: Is postpartum depression a homogenous disorder: time of onset, severity, symptoms and hopelessness in relation to the course of depression

 

History of previous depressive episode

 

History of depression during pregnancy

 

Pure postpartum depression

 

All depressed mothers

No (n = 19)

Yes (n = 85)

No (n = 60 )

Yes (n = 44 )

No (n = 81)

Yes (n = 23)

N = 104

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

n (%)

0–1.5 weeks

9 (47.4)

39 (45.9)

0.9061

22 (36.7)

26 (59.1)

0.0231

37 (45.7)

11 (47.8)

0.8551

48 (46.2)

2–4 weeks

7 (36.8)

22 (25.9)

0.3351

18 (30.0)

11 (25.0)

0.5741

22 (27.2)

7 (30.4)

0.7571

29 (27.9)

4.5–6 weeks

0 ( 0.0)

10 (11.8)

0.2022

8 (13.3)

2 (4.5)

0.1852

9 (11.1)

1 (4.3)

0.4522

10 (9.6)

6.5–13 weeks

2 (10.5)

13 (15.3)

0.7332

10 (16.7)

5 (11.4)

0.4471

12 (14.8)

3 (13.0)

1.0002

15 (14.4)

13.5–22 weeks

1 (5.3)

1 (1.2)

0.3332

2 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

0.5072

1 (1.2)

1 (4.3)

0.3952

2 (1.9)

  1. 1Pearson’s chi-square test.
  2. 2Fisher’s exact test.