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. 2022 Sep 28;9:1001855. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1001855

TABLE 3.

Risk factors for PPD in women who underwent elective CS.

Characteristics Unadjusted OR (95%CI) P-value Adjusted OR (95%CI) P-value
Antenatal SDS 1.06 (1.03–1.09) <0.001* 1.00 (0.96–1.05) 0.93
Antenatal SAS 1.13 (1.09–1.18) <0.001* 1.10 (1.04–1.16) 0.002*
Pain of uterine contraction at 2 days postpartum 1.55 (1.04–2.31) 0.031* 1.33 (0.86–2.06) 0.19
Pain from surgical scar at 2 days postpartum 1.61 (1.00–2.59) 0.048* 2.06 (0.98–4.34) 0.056
NRS for pain from surgical scar at 2 days postpartum 1.08 (1.00–1.17) 0.034* 0.97 (0.85–1.10) 0.65
EPDS at discharge 1.18 (1.11–1.26) <0.001* 1.04 (0.94–1.16) 0.44
Postpartum depressive symptoms at 2 days postpartum (EPDS ≥ 11) 14.53 (5.34–39.49) <0.001* 6.17 (1.35–28.31) 0.019*
Pain at 6 weeks postpartum 2.60 (1.76–3.83) <0.001* 2.14 (1.24–3.69) 0.006*
Pain that interfered with daily life 2.51 (1.58–3.99) <0.001* 1.35 (0.66–2.80) 0.41
Pain that affected the quality of sleep 2.45 (1.41–4.24) 0.001* 1.01 (0.45–2.25) 0.98
Need for pain medication 2.21 (1.04–4.70) 0.04* 0.99 (0.39–2.56) 0.99

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; SDS, Self-Rating Depression Scale; SAS, Self-rating Anxiety Scale; NRS, Numeric Rating Scale; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

*P < 0.05.