Depression and Its Determinants among Postpartum Mothers Attending at Universal College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi, Nepal

Table 5

Maternal and obstetrical factors associated with postpartum depression on using bivariate and multivariate analysis.

Characteristics	Postpartum depression		value	^aCOR 95% CI	^bAOR 95% CI
	Yes () (%)	No () (%)
Intent of pregnancy
Planned	13 (56.5)	10 (43.5)	<0.001	1	1
Unplanned	22 (14.7)	128 (85.3)		7.56 (2.95-19.37)	10.08 (2.91-34.94)
ANC visits
<4 visits	13 (10.1)	116 (89.9)	<0.001	1	1
≥4 visits	22 (50.0)	22 (50.0)		0.11 (0.05-0.26)	0.15 (0.05-0.40)
PNC visits
<3 visits	30 (18.4)	133 (81.6)	0.016	1	1
≥3 visits	5 (50.0)	5 (50.0)		0.23 (0.06-0.83)	0.45 (0.09-2.28)
Pregnancy-induced health problems
No	23 (56.1)	18 (43.9)	<0.001	1	1
Yes	12 (9.1)	120 (90.9)		12.77 (5.42-30.07)	9.68 (3.51-26.64)

Significant at ; 1 = reference category; ^acrude odds ratio; ^badjusted odds ratio.