From: The postpartum depression literacy scale (PoDLiS): development and psychometric properties
Measure | M (SD) / n (%) |
---|---|
Age (years) | 27.63 (5.46) |
Education (years) | 12.99 (2.46) |
Occupational status | |
Housewife | 625 (90.3) |
Employed | 40 (5.8) |
Student | 27 (3.9) |
Spouse education | 11.90 (3.12) |
Spouse job | |
Employed | 665 (96.2) |
Unemployed | 27 (3.8) |
Household economic status | |
Good | 216 (31.2) |
Neither good nor bad | 450 (65.0) |
Bad | 21 (3.0) |
Very bad | 5 (0.8) |
Perinatal period | |
Pregnancy | 609 (88.0) |
Postpartum | 83 (12.0) |
Parity | |
Primiparity | 471 (68.1) |
Multiparity | 221 (31.9) |
Source of seeking help about postpartum depression | |
General practitioner | 23 (3.3) |
Obstetrician | 73 (10.5) |
Psychiatrist | 71 (10.3) |
Psychologist | 291 (42.1) |
Midwife | 15 (2.2) |
Friends, family members | 188 (27.2) |
Source of seeking information about postpartum depression | |
General practitioner | 103 (14.9) |
Obstetrician | 73 (10.5) |
Psychiatrist | 34 (4.9) |
Psychologist | 98 (14.2) |
Midwife | 17 (2.5) |
Friends, family members | 36 (5.2) |
Internet | 188 (27.2) |
Book | 33 (4.8) |
Radio and television | 21 (3.0) |
I don’t know where to get the information | 82 (11.8) |