Background: Depression is very common among women after childbirth and is a major public health concern in both resource-rich and resource-limited countries. Postnatal depression is a clinical depression which affects women after childbirth. Symptoms are found to occur anytime from soon after delivery to up to a year post delivery.
Methodology: In this study, 60 women were taken as subjects. They were then categorized into twogroups – Group A- Primi-parous Group B- Multi-parous. Both the groups were administered withEdinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). The mean of the scores of both the groups weretaken. Comparison between the level of postnatal depression among primi-parous and multi-parous women was done using unpaired t-test.
Results: Postnatal depression was found to be more in primi-parous than multiparous women using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. (p< 0.0242).
Conclusions: Postnatal depression is found in both the groups but was seen more in primi-parouswomen than multi-parous women.
