Postnatal depression in Southern Brazil: prevalence and its demographic and socioeconomic determinants

Tannous, Leila; Petrucci Gigante, Luciana; Cristina Pereira Costa Fuchs, Sandra; D'A Busnello, Ellis

doi:10.1186/1471-244x-8-1

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Postnatal depression in Southern Brazil: prevalence and its demographic and socioeconomic determinants

Published in BMC Psychiatry • Jan 3, 2008

Authors:

Leila Tannous

Luciana Petrucci Gigante

Sandra Cristina Pereira Costa Fuchs

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Studies investigating the prevalence of postnatal depression (PND) show rates ranging from 5% to 36.7%. The investigation of age, race, educational levels, religion and income as risk factors for PND has yielded conflicting results. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence ...

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Demography

Bivariate analysis

Socioeconomic status

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