Table 3.

Predictors of postpartum depression among mothers who delivered in the past 12 months in Ankesha District, North West Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 596)

Variables	Post partum depression		(95% CI)
	Depressed %	Not depressed %	Crude OR	Adjusted OR
Marital status
Married	127 (90.1)	442 (97.1)	1	1
Others	14 (9.9)	13 (2.9)	3.74 (1.71–8.17)	3.45 (1.35–8.82)*
Parity
Primiparus	32 (22.7)	43 (9.5)	2.53 (1.37–4.66)	2.68 (0.62–11.56)
Multiparus	79 (56)	310 (68.1)	0.86 (0.53–1.39)	1. 04 (0.59–1.80)
Grand multiparus	30 (21.3)	102 (22.4)	1	1
No of alive baby
≤ 1	37 (26.2)	54 (11.9)	2.64 (1.65–4.23)	0.8 (0.22–2.90)
≥ 2	104 (73.8)	401 (88.1)	1	1
Wanted pregnancy
Yes	98 (69.5)	377 (82.9)	1	1
No	43 (30.5)	78 (17.1)	2.12 (1.37–3.27)	1.95 (1.14–3.33)**
Delivery complication
Yes	58 (41.4)	108 (23.6)	2.25 (1.53–3.42)	1.24 (0.74–2.08)
No	83 (58.6)	347 (76.4)	1	1
Sex preference of mother
Non preferred	93 (66)	226 (49.7)	1.96 (1.32–2.91)	1.79 (1.13–2.86)***
Preferred	48 (44)	229 (50.3)	1	1
Last infant illness
Yes	70 (49.6)	115 (25.3)	2.91 (1.97–4.31)	2.08 (1.30–3.34)****
No	71 (50.4)	340 (74.7)	1	1
Neonatal loss
Yes	41 (29.1)	70 (15.4)	2.25 (1.44–3.51)	1.50 (0.85–2.66)
No	100 (70.9)	385 (84.6)	1	1
Previous history of depression
Yes	26 (18.4)	26 (5.7)	3.73 (2.08–6.67)	1.96 (0.97–3.96)
No	115 (81.6)	429 (94.3)	1	1
Husband substance abuse
None abused	108 (76.6)	389 (85.5)	1	1
Abused	33 (23.4)	66 (14.5)	1.80 (1.12–2.87)	1.09 (0.61–1.96)
Social support
High	14 (9.9)	60 (13.2)	1	1
Medium	35 (24.8)	281 (61.7)	0.53 (0.27–1.05)	0.73 (0.34–1.55)
Low	92 (65.3)	114 (25.1)	3.45 (1.81–6.58)	3.16 (1.55–6.43)*****

*Significant with P = 0.01, **Significant with P = 0.014, ***Significant with P = 0.014, ****Significant with P = 0.002 and *****Significant with P = 0.001