TY - JOUR AU - Papamarkou, Maria AU - Sarafis, Pavlos AU - Kaite, Charis P. AU - Malliarou, Maria AU - Tsounis, Andreas AU - Niakas, Dimitris PY - 2017 DA - 2017/11/21 TI - Investigation of the association between quality of life and depressive symptoms during postpartum period: a correlational study JO - BMC Women's Health SP - 115 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - The onset of a major depressive episode is experienced by a large number of women in the weeks or months following delivery. Postpartum depression may deem those women experiencing it incapable of taking care for themselves, their family and their infants, while at the same time it could negatively affect their quality of life. The present study assessed the quality of life of a sample of mothers in Greece, in order to investigate the association between postpartum depression and quality of life (QoL). SN - 1472-6874 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0473-0 DO - 10.1186/s12905-017-0473-0 ID - Papamarkou2017 ER -