Postpartum Depression and Type of Delivery in the Current Healthcare Climate

Abstract

This study was conducted to explore the relation of postpartum depression and health care climate to type of delivery. It was hypothesized that postpartum depression is positively correlated with type of delivery, birth order of the child, social support and health care climate. Sample was consisted on 200 females from which 100 were with normal delivery and 100 were with cesarean delivery. Data was collected from Nishtar Hospital Multan, DHQ Muzaffar Garh and from general population through purposive and snowball sampling. Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) developed by Cox, et.al (1987) and Health Care Climate Questionnaire developed by Williams, & Deci, et.al (1996) were used as research instruments. Results indicate that postpartum depression is positively correlated with 1^st child birth, cesarean delivery and poor health care climate.