MEHMET SUKRU BUDAK, SEDAT AKGOL
Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine - 2020;26(2):94-100
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of postpartum depression, accompanying risk factors, and obstetrics and neonatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN: This prospective study was conducted on adolescent and adult pregnant patients giving birth in Diyarbakir Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital of Health Sciences University between January 01 and 31, 2018. Groups were compared in terms of postpartum depression rates and postpartum depression-related factors were also determined in both groups. RESULTS: The frequency of postpartum depression was higher in adolescent patients than in adult patients but the difference was not considered statistically significant (p> 0.05). In adolescent and adult patients, the following factors were found to increase postpartum depression risk: illiteracy, living in an urban area, divorced parents, having fewer than 4 siblings, anemia and caesarean delivery (p>0.05, for all). CONCLUSION: The study showed no significant difference in postpartum depression rates between adolescent and adult pregnant patients. In both groups, the factors of illiteracy, living in an urban area, divorced parents, anemia, fewer than 4 siblings, and caesarean delivery were found to increase the risk of development of postpartum depression.
