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May 23-24, 2019 | Vienna, Austria
Nursing Care
28th International Conference on
Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
J Intensive Crit Care Nurs, Volume 2
The risk factors of postpartum depression among Arab Women
Khalood Al Abri
Manchester University, UK
Objectives: Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most
common and serious mental health complication among
postnatal women globally. The symptoms have a significant
effect on the mother’s mental and, physical health (Moh'd
Yehia, Callister, & Hamdan-Mansour, 2013). For the Arab
population, research in PPD has been limited to comparison
of the prevalence and risk factors between Arab population
and non-Arab populations. The objective of this study is to
review literatures on the risk factors associated with PPD in
childbearing Arab women.
Methods: A total of five articles were selected and critiqued
based on date of publication, quality, and extent of coverage
of the many Arab countries. Edinburgh Postnatal Depression
Scale (EPDS) scores was used to assess PDD symptoms.
Results: The studies resulted in some different and also some
common risk factors in the development of PPD among Arab
women. Social support, consanguineous marriage, education
level, employment level, marital problems, formula feeding
versus breast feeding, complication during pregnancy,
marital problems, stressful life events, infertility, unplanned
pregnancy, C-section and past history of depression were the
common factors that had been reviewed.
Conclusion: Most importantly this review identifies the
importance and impact of social support on the development
of PPD in Arab women and suggests improved screening and
education for women and families regarding social support in
hopes of decreasing rates of PPD in Arab women. Decreasing
rates of PPD in Arab women in turn helps the wellness of their
babies, and in turn the family in the long term.
Speaker Biography
Khalood Al Abri. She is a 29 years old girl from sultanate of Oman. She
completed her baccalaureate of nursing science in Oman at sultan Qaboos
university in 2013, Master of Science in Nursing (Psychiatric Mental Health
Nurse Practitioner program) at the University of California, San Francisco
in 2017. During master she completed a nice dissertation thesis about
postpartum depression among Arab population and she is looking to share
herexperienceinthistopic. Currently,sheisafirstyearofPhDmentalhealth
student at Manchester University. Here current research topic is around
perinatal depression among Omani women. Khalood is not published any
research yet but she is looking to publish her research in next two years.
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