Prevalence and Associated Factors of Suicidal Behaviour among Postpartum Mother Attending at Public Health Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,2021.
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2021-05
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Addis Abeba University
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Background- Suicidal behaviors are one of the most common global burden of disease among
women, with the exception of this in middle and low income countries few is studied about the
frequency and associated factors. Suicidal behavior increase during the first year after delivery
varying from 4% to 17.6% with three fold cause of maternal death in low-in- come
countries.Correspondingly in Ethiopia suicidal behavior found to be high 14% among
postpartum mothers. Suicidal behavior involves the deliberate attempt to take one’s own life.
Objective - To assessprevalence and associated factorsof suicidal behavior among postpartum
mothers attending at public health centers of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021.
Methodology-A facility -based cross sectional study was conducted. The total sample size
was 615.The study was conducted in ten randomly selected public health centers of Addis
Ababa. After data collection, filled data were enter in statistical software Epi data 4.6 and were
subjected to cleaning using simple frequency and tabulation to ensure its validity. Then, the
analysis was done SPSS version 25 statistical software using a CI of 95%. To indicate the
strength and statistical significance of the association of the selected independent and
dependent variables, odds ratio,95% CI and p-value < 0.05were used.
Results: The prevalence ofsuicidal behavioramong postnatal mothers attending at public
health centers in Addis Ababa was 41.46%. Being mothers literate were (AOR=0.64, 95% CI:
0.42-0.97), verbal abuses were (AOR=2.18, 95% CI: 1.38-3.44), history of rape (AOR=3.03,
95% CI 1.14 -8.05),history of depression (AOR=4.12, 95% CI 1.21-14.03), women’s having
sexually unfaithful husband were (AOR=0.34, 95% CI 0.14-0.81) and khat chewing were
(AOR=8.48, 95% CI 2.52-28.50) were significantly associated with suicidal behavior.
Conclusion and recommendation: Suicidal behavior was found to be the common mental
health problem among postpartum women and was associated with educational status,verbal
abuses, history of rape, history of depression, women’s having sexually unfaithful husband
and khat chewing. Also recommend early diagnosis and intervention with possible screening
of mothers for suicidal behavior during routine antenatal and postnatal care.
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Suicidal behavior, risk factor, postpartum mothers