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Table 2 Mean EPDS scores and proportions of mothers with postpartum depressive symptoms (at different thresholds) at each time point (n = 97)a

From: Postpartum depression in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: a longitudinal study in Bethlehem

Time point

EPDS score

Borderline Depressive Symptoms (EPDS score 9–10)

Depressive Symptoms (EPDS score ≥11)

Any Depressive Symptoms (EPDS score ≥9)

 

Mean (SD)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

1 week postpartum

6.58 (4.22)

6.2 (1.3, 11.1)

16.5 (9.0, 24.0)

22.7 (14.2, 31.2)

2 weeks postpartum

6.89 (4.67)

18.6 (10.7, 26.4)

18.6 (10.7, 26.4)

37.1 (27.3, 50.0)

3 weeks postpartum

6.90 (3.77)

20.6 (12.4, 28.8)

17.5 (9.8, 25.2)

38.1 (28.3, 50.0)

7 weeks postpartum

7.37 (3.45)

22.7 (14.2, 31.2)

17.5 (9.8, 25.2)

40.2 (30.3, 50.1)

13 weeks postpartum

7.10 (3.45)

16.5 (9.0, 24.0)

15.5 (8.1, 22.8)

32.0 (22.5, 41.4)

25 weeks postpartum

7.05 (3.28)

16.5 (9.0, 24.0)

14.4 (7.3, 21.6)

30.9 (21.6, 40.3)

  1. a Excluding four out of 101 women who reported pre-pregnancy depressive symptoms