Table 2.
Obstetric characteristics of study participants who delivered in the past 12 months in Ankesha District, North West Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 596)
| Variables | Classification | Post partum Depression | Frequency (%) | Chi square | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depressed (%) | Not Depressed (%) | ||||
| Parity | Primiparus | 32 (22.7) | 43 (9.5) | 75 (12.6) | |
| Multiparus | 79 (56) | 310 (68.1) | 389 (65.3) | 0.00 | |
| Grand Multiparus | 30 (21.3) | 102 (22.4) | 132 (22.1) | ||
| No of alive child | ≤1 | 37 (26.2) | 54 (11.9) | 91 (15.3) | 0.00 |
| ≥2 | 104 (73.8) | 401 (88.1) | 505 (84.7) | ||
| Counseled About PPD (n = 446) | Yes | 16 (14.4) | 33 (9.9) | 49 (11.0%) | |
| No | 95 (85.6) | 302 (90.1) | 397 (89%) | 0.2 | |
| Mode of Delivery | SVD | 92 (65.2) | 281 (61.8) | 373 (62.6) | |
| Instrumental | 34 (24.1) | 127 (27.9) | 161 (27) | 0.67 | |
| Operation | 15 (10.7) | 47 (10.3) | 62 (10.4) | ||
| Assisting delivery | health worker | 106 (75.2) | 352 (77.4) | 458 (76.9) | |
| Traditional | 15 (10.6) | 37 (8.1) | 52 (8.7) | 0.68 | |
| Family | 20 (14.2) | 66 (14.5) | 86 (14.4) | ||
| Length of stay in days at institution (447) | 1 | 52 (55.9) | 206 (58.2) | 258 (57.7) | |
| ≥2 | 41 (44.1) | 148 (41.8) | 189 (42.3) | 0.72 | |
| Delivery complication | Yes | 58 (41.4) | 108 (23.6) | 166 (27.9) | 0.00 |
| No | 83 (58.6) | 347 (76.4) | 430 (72.1) | ||
| Desired sex of you | Male | 76 (53.9) | 258 (56.7) | 334 (56) | 0.56 |
| Female | 65 (46.1) | 197 (43.3) | 262 (44) | ||
| Sex preferance of mother | Non preference | 93 (66) | 226 (49.7) | 319 (53.5) | 0.001 |
| Preferance | 48 (44) | 229 (50.3) | 277 (46.5) | ||
| Index infant illness | Yes | 70 (49.6) | 115 (25.3) | 185 (31.04) | 0.000 |
| No | 71 (50.4) | 340 (74.7) | 411 (68.9) | ||