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    Assessment of Postpartum Depression and its associated factors among adolescent mother in Benchmaji Zone, South West Ethiopia: Facility Based Cross-Sectional Study.
    (Addis Abeba University, 2019-10) Solomon, Birutawit; Seme, Assefa(MD, MPH); Assefa, Nigussie (BSc, MPH)
    Background: Globally depression among women is a public health problem. Postpartumdepression is a depressive symptoms and syndromes that happen within the first year after birth. Postpartum depression is more commonly diagnosed among adolescents and it is risk factor forpoor growth and development in children born to these mothers. Objective: The study aims to assess the magnitude of postpartum depression and its associated factors among postpartum adolescent mothers attending at health facilities in Bench Maji Zonein Ethiopia. Method: Facility based cross sectional study was deployed among postpartum adolescentmothers between February - April 2019. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 407women and a structured questionnaire through face to face interview was used to collect the data. Postpartum depression was measured using the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale. Data wereentered in to Epi-data 4.4.2.1 and analyzed using SPSS version software 23.Descriptive statisticswere computed to reveal the magnitude. Variables which are associated significantly (P-value 0.05) in Binary logistic regression model were taken to the multivariable regression model.Strength association measured through OR and its 95% CI statistical significance was declared atP-value <0.05. Result: Among the study participants, 80 (19.6%) of them had postpartum depression .Thoserespondents who had Low social support (AOR=4.7(95% C.I: 2.02-11.08), previous history ofpostpartum depression (AOR=3.7 (95% C.I: 1.7-7.9), who had low income (AOR=2.2 (95% C.I: 1.19, 4.2) and unplanned pregnancy(AOR=2 (95% C.I: 1.05-3.4) were found to significantincrease odd of postpartum depression among adolescent. Those adolescent postpartum women’swho had spontaneous delivery [AOR=0.37(95% C.I: 0.14-0.70) less likely to have postpartum depression. Conclusion: The magnitude of postpartum depression was 19.6% among adolescent women.Furthermore, income, unplanned pregnancy, previous history of depression and social supportwere found to be independent predictors for the development of postpartum depression among adolescent women. Therefore, provide proper counseling and emotional support for vulnerable postpartum mothers; promote utilization of FP to reduce unwanted pregnancy.