Breastfeeding and postnatal depression in Sabah, Malaysia

This is a cohort study of 2072 women in Sabah, Malaysia at an antenatal visit and followed up at 1, 3 and 6 months postpartum. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was administered and details were obtained on infant feeding. 95.9%, 88.2% and 80.7% mothers were breastfeeding at each postpartum v...

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Main Author: Mohamad Yusuff, Aza Sherin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1389
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description This is a cohort study of 2072 women in Sabah, Malaysia at an antenatal visit and followed up at 1, 3 and 6 months postpartum. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was administered and details were obtained on infant feeding. 95.9%, 88.2% and 80.7% mothers were breastfeeding at each postpartum visit and the prevalence of depression was 13.8% at antenatal and 7.6%, 7.2% and 8% at 1 month, 3 months and 6 months postpartum, respectively.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-13892017-02-20T06:41:51Z Breastfeeding and postnatal depression in Sabah, Malaysia Mohamad Yusuff, Aza Sherin This is a cohort study of 2072 women in Sabah, Malaysia at an antenatal visit and followed up at 1, 3 and 6 months postpartum. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was administered and details were obtained on infant feeding. 95.9%, 88.2% and 80.7% mothers were breastfeeding at each postpartum visit and the prevalence of depression was 13.8% at antenatal and 7.6%, 7.2% and 8% at 1 month, 3 months and 6 months postpartum, respectively. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1389 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Mohamad Yusuff, Aza Sherin
Breastfeeding and postnatal depression in Sabah, Malaysia
title Breastfeeding and postnatal depression in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full Breastfeeding and postnatal depression in Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Breastfeeding and postnatal depression in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Breastfeeding and postnatal depression in Sabah, Malaysia
title_short Breastfeeding and postnatal depression in Sabah, Malaysia
title_sort breastfeeding and postnatal depression in sabah, malaysia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1389