Prevalence and Predictors of Postpartum Depression: Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Obstetrics related factors of women in Gondar town who gave birth in the last 6 weeks, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018, ().

Variables	Frequency	Percent (%)
Parity
Below 3	326	62
3 and above	200	38
Live births
Below 2	183	34.8
2 and above	343	65.2
Ever had abortion
Yes	117	22.2
No	409	77.8
Total abortion ( )
Below two	110	94
Two and above	7	6
Mode of delivery
Spontaneous vaginal	308	58.5
Cesarean section	186	35.4
Instrumental	32	6.1
Birth weight
Below 2.5 kg	95	18
2.5 kg and above	431	82
Gestational age in weeks
Below 36 weeks	86	16.3
36 and above weeks	440	83.7
Planned pregnancy
Yes	382	72.6
No	144	27.4
Complication in the indexed pregnancy
Yes	145	27.6
No	381	72.4
Type of complication in the indexed pregnancy( )
Vaginal bleeding	50	34.5
Severe headache	56	38.6
Other*	39	26.9
ANC visit
Yes	484	92
No	42	8
Number of ANC visit ( )
Below 4	238	49.2
4 and above	246	50.8
Desired sex of the baby
Yes	203	38.6
No	323	61.4
PNC visit
Yes	368	70
No	158	30
Number of PNC visit ( )
Below 2	197	53.5
2 and above	171	46.5
Newborn admitted
Yes	80	15.2
No	446	84.8

Other* = fever, swelling, blurring of vision and fetal movement.