Table 4.

Edinburgh postnatal depression scale responses among postpartum women’s, from health centers of three sub-cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (N= 618).

Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage
Experienced laugh and see funny side of things
As much as always I could	394	63.8
Not quite so much now	102	16.5
Definitely not so much now	53	8.6
Not at all	69	11.2
Look forward with enjoyment to things
As much as I ever did	385	62.3
Rather less than I used to	125	20.2
Definitely less than I used to	60	9.7
Hardly at all	48	7.8
Blamed yourself unnecessarily
No never	309	50.0
Not very often	119	19.3
Yes some of the time	132	21.4
Yes most of the time	58	9.4
Been anxious or worried for no good reason
No not at all	319	51.6
Hardly ever	70	11.2
Yes sometimes	175	28.3
Yes very often	54	8.7
Felt scared or panic for no good reason
No not at all	375	60.7
No, not much	102	16.5
Yes, sometimes	111	18.0
Yes, quite a lot	30	4.9
Things have been on top of you
No I have been coping	388	62.8
No most of the time	166	18.8
Yes sometimes I haven’t been coping as well as usual	89	14.4
Yes most of the time I haven’t been able to	25	4.0
Difficult to sleep
No, not at all	375	60.7
Not, very often	144	23.3
Yes sometimes	73	11.8
Yes most of the time	26	4.2
Felt sad or miserable
No, not at all	386	62.5
Not, very often	149	24.1
Yes sometimes	62	10.0
Yes most of the time	21	3.4
So unhappy you have been crying
No, never	410	63.3
Only occasionally	149	24.1
Yes quite often	41	6.6
Yes, most of the time	18	2.9
Thought of harming your self
Never	544	88.0
Hardly ever	41	6.6
Sometimes	31	5.0
Yes, quite often	2	0.3