Bio-socio-demographic factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder in a sample of postpartum Brazilian women
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Carla Fonseca Zambaldi , Amaury Cantilino , Everton Botelho Sougey
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among women. In the postpartum period, the prevalence is between 1% and 6%. The present study investigated PTSD in a sample of 400 Brazilian women between 2 and 26 weeks postpartum using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview and found a frequency of 5.3%. The factors associated with the occurrence of PTSD were low purchasing power, a history of psychiatric disorders, clinical disease, and the infant having experienced some complication
Received: 27 June 2010 / Accepted: 16 June 2011 # Springer-Verlag 2011