Table 2 Association between Birth-related Factors and PPD

Prim parity

Yes

53 (41.1%)

66 (26.3%)

119 (31.3%)

0.003

No

76 (58.9%)

185 (73.7%)

261 (68.7%)

Complications

Yes

55 (42.6%)

86 (34.3%)

141 (37%)

0.110

No

74 (57.4%)

165 (65.7%)

239 (63%)

Place of birth

Governmental

41 (31.8%)

87 (34.7%)

128 (33.7%)

0.472

Private

84 (65.1%)

149 (59.4%)

233 (61.3%)

Agency

4 (3.1%)

13 (5.2%)

17 (4.5%)

Others

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.7%)

2 (0.5%)

Type of birth

Vaginal

63 (48.8%)

123 (49.0%)

186 (48.9%)

0.975

C.S

66 (51.2%)

128 (51.0%)

194 (51.1%)

Vacuum

Yes

18 (28.6%)

8 (6.5%)

26 (14%)

< 0.001

N = 186

No

45 (71.4%)

115 (93.5%)

160 (86%)

Episiotomy

Yes

38 (60.3%)

73 (59.3%)

111 (59.7%)

0.899

N = 186

No

25 (39.7%)

50 (40.7%)

75 (40.3%)

Planned Pregnancy

Yes

103 (79.8%)

181 (72.1%)

284 (74.7%)

0.1

No

26 (20.2%)

70 (27.9%)

96 (25.3%)

Presence of Chronic disease

Yes

12 (9.3%)

37 (14.7%)

49 (12.9%)

0.134

No

117 (90.7%)

214 (85.3%)

331 (87.1%)

Rating of medical service

Excellent

67 (51.9%)

101 (40.2%)

168 (44.2%)

0.123

Very well

34 (26.4%)

75 (29.9%)

109 (28.7%)

Good

20 (15.5%)

41 (16.3%)

61 (16.1%)

Acceptable

5 (3.9%)

23 (9.1%)

28 (7.4%)

Bad

3 (2.3%)

11 (4.4%)

14 (3.7%)