Table 3 Psycho-social characteristics of study participants included in Gondar town, Ethiopia, 2018
Variable/category | Postnatal depression | Total n = 895, n (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 163), n (%) | No (n = 732), n (%) | |||
Marital situation (Women’s perspective) |  | 0.001 | ||
 Poor | 12 (15.1) | 64 (8.0) | 76 (8.7) |  |
 Good | 61 (76.2) | 527 (66.2) | 588 (67.1) |  |
 Very good | 7 (8.7) | 205 (25.8) | 212 (24.2) |  |
History of common mental disorders |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Yes | 14 (16.9) | 48 (5.9) | 62 (6.9) |  |
 No | 69 (83.1) | 764 (94.1) | 833 (93.1) |  |
Social support | Â | Â | Â | 0.30 |
 Poor | 13 (15.7) | 166 (20.4) | 179 (20.0) |  |
 Good | 70 (84.3) | 646 (79.6) | 716 (80.0) |  |
 Social support scale (Median (±IQR)) | 11 (9–13) | 11 (9–13) | 11 (9–13) |  |
 Internal consistency (α) | 0.76 (high reliability) |  |  | |
Partner support | Â | Â | Â | 0.02 |
 Always | 29 (36.3) | 384 (48.2) | 413 (47.1) |  |
 Most of the time | 22 (27.5) | 238 (29.9) | 260 (29.7) |  |
 Some of the time | 25 (31.2) | 139 (17.5) | 164 (18.7) |  |
 Rarely | 4 (5.0) | 35 (4.4) | 39 (4.5) |  |
A symptom of antenatal depression |  |  | < 0.001 | |
 Yes | 18 (21.7) | 40 (4.9) | 58 |  |
 No | 65 (78.3) | 772 (95.1) | 837 |  |
Depression scale (Median (±IQR)) | 6 (3–11) | 4 (1–7) | 4 (2–7) |  |
 Internal consistency (α) | 0.74 (High reliability) |  |  | |