Table 5.
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis output of factors associated with postpartum depression among postpartum women from health centers of three sub-cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (N=618).
| Variables | Depression |
Crude OR
[95% CI] |
Adjusted OR
[95% CI] |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||||
| Attended School | Yes | 100(19.9) | 402(80.1) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 44(37.9) | 72(62.1) | 2.5(1.6,3.8) | 0.8(0.4,1.5) | |
| Occupation | Employed | 67(19.9) | 270(80.1) | 1 | 1 |
| Unemployed | 77(27.4) | 204(72.6) | 1.5(1.0,2.2) | 1.0(0.6,1.8) | |
| Mood of Delivery | CS | 20(15.3) | 111(84.7) | 0.6(0.3,1.0) | 0.5(0.2,1.0) |
| Instrumental | 25(35.2) | 46(64.8) | 1.7(1.0,3.0) | 0.8(0.4,1.8) | |
| Vaginal | 99(23.8) | 317(76.2) | 1 | 1 | |
| History of Depression | Yes | 53(57.0) | 40(43.0) | 6.3(4.0,10.1) | 4.2(2.3,7.8)** |
| No | 91(17.3) | 434(82.7) | 1 | 1 | |
| Domestic Violence | Yes | 52(59.8) | 35(40.2) | 7.1(4.4,11.5) | 3.1(1.6,5.9)** |
| No | 92(17.3) | 439(82.7) | 1 | 1 | |
| Happy in Marriage | Yes | 77(15.2) | 428(84.8) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 67(59.3) | 46(40.7) | 8.1(5.2,12.7) | 2.7(1.4,5.2)** | |
| Relation With Mother-in-law | Happy | 88(20.0) | 352(80.0) | 1 | 1 |
| Not happy | 56(31.5) | 122(68.5) | 1.8(1.2,2.7) | 0.8(0.5,1.5) | |
| Desired Sex of Newborn | Undesired | 30(22.1) | 106(77.9) | 0.7(0.4,1.2) | 1.0(0.5,2.0) |
| Desired | 36(17.4) | 171(82.6) | 0.5(0.3-0.8) | 1.0(0.6,1.8) | |
| I don’t mind | 78(28.4) | 197(71.6) | 1 | 1 | |
CS: Cesarean section; Instrumental: Instrumental delivery