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) |