Postpartum Depression Among Working and Nonworking Women

Abstract

The study examined postpartum depression among working and non-working women. For this purpose, 100 working and 100 non-working women were randomly selected. The tools used for the research study are Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) and Julkunen Family Support Scale. The findings of the study revealed that the rate of suffering from postpartum depression is higher in working women than in non-working women. Another finding reports that the more the number of children the less would be the chance of occurring postpartum depression among women. The correlation analysis result suggests that Lack of spouse and family support is positively associated with postpartum depression. The mode of delivery affects postpartum depression and the independent sample t-test result showed c-section mothers suffer more from postpartum depression. Working women are responding more positively to treatment than non-working women.