Detección de depresión postparto en madres adolescentes entre 14 a 19 años atendidas en el Hospital General Universitario, durante el periodo de 1 de julio del 2020 hasta el 1 de mayo del 2021.

Abstract

Introduction: Postpartum depression is a condition, which often appears three to five days after delivery, this disease is associated with various factors that lead to future complications in the state of mental health and maternal quality of life. Objective: Determine postpartum depression in adolescent mothers by analyzing the Edinburgh test treated at the General University Hospital, during the period July 1, 2020 until May 1, 2021. Materials and methods: retrospective, observational and analytical cohort study where the database of patients treated in the Outpatient Service of the General University Hospital of Guayaquil from July 1, 2020 to May 1, 2021 was used. The data analysis was carried out in the Excel 2013 program. Conclusion: Edinburgh test, which we use as a method of detecting depression in the patients of the Hospital Universitario De Guayaquil, will make us determine that the majority of the patients in our survey present depression with a total of 54.78%, the second group that is are at risk of depression with 43.48% and only 1.74% of patients have no risk.