Postpartum depression in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 95; no. 10; pp. 706 - 717C
• Main Authors: Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash, Chowdhury, Ranadip, Aslyeh Salehi, Sarkar, Kaushik, Singh, Sunil Kumar, Sinha, Bireshwar, Pawar, Aditya, Rajalakshmi, Aarya Krishnan, Kumar, Amardeep
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland World Health Organization 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Aggression; Bias; Capacity building approach; Capacity development; Child; Cognitive ability; Confidence intervals; Conflict; Depression, Postpartum - epidemiology; Depression, Postpartum - psychology; Devaluation; Domestic violence; Domestic Violence - psychology; Domestic Violence - statistics & numerical data; Female; Females; Fines; Geographical distribution; Health care; Health status; Heterogeneity; Humans; Illnesses; India - epidemiology; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Low income groups; Marital relations; Marriage; Maternal and infant welfare; Maternal characteristics; Maternal depression; Maternal mortality; Medical screening; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health care; Mental health services; Meta-analysis; Millennium; Mothers; Mothers - psychology; Postpartum; Postpartum depression; Postpartum period; Postpartum women; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Psychosis; Quality assessment; Quality control; Random effects; Regression analysis; Resource allocation; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Scientific papers; Search engines; Social Support; Socioeconomic Factors; Spouses; Statistical analysis; Subject heading schemes; Subject headings; Systematic review; Systematic Reviews; Trust; Violence; Womens health; India

To provide an estimate of the burden of postpartum depression in Indian mothers and investigate some risk factors for the condition. We searched PubMed®, Google Scholar and Embase® databases for articles published from year 2000 up to 31 March 2016 on the prevalence of postpartum depression in India...