Prevalence of postpartum depression in teenage pregnancy at Kuankanoon hospital.
Keywords:
teenage pregnancy, depressionAbstract
Teenage pregnancy rate in Thailand is now higher than the WHO standard and continues to increase. Teenage mothers often have mental problems. Studies support that teenage mothers are at high risk of developing depression, which not only affects the mothers but also the baby. The objective of this survey study were to study 1) Age and educational of teenage pregnancy 2) Prevalence of postpartum depression in teenage pregnancy 3) The relationship between age ,educational and depression of teenage pregnancy in Kuankanun hospital.
Subjects were 67 teenage pregnancies in Kuankanun hospital from June 2015 – May 2016. They were selected by simple random sampling. The instrument for data collection was Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) questionnaire with the reliability 0.85 (Cronbrach’s alpha coefficient).
The result indicated that: (1) Most adolescent pregnancy in Kuankanoon hospital are first time pregnancy, middle school graduated; mean age of sample was 17.30 years old. (2) The prevalence of depression in adolescent pregnancy of Kuankanoon hospital was 37.3% (3) Age was negative relationship to depression of teenage pregnancy at .05 significant level. (4) Level of graduated was not correlated to depression of adolescent pregnancy at .05 significant.
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