The mean age of the samples was 24.32 ± 5.14 years. Their education levels were as follows: 34.7% - Guidance school, 44.5% - Diploma, and 15.8% - college education. The results show that most women who have postpartum depression have lower educational levels.
The majority of the participants were housekeepers (55.6%) and their spouses (67%) were free, and economic status of most mothers, according to their opinion, was medium (60.3%). 73.5% of the mothers were welcome pregnancies and 27.5% of them had uncalled-for. Also, 34.6% of them had history of abortion, 39.8% had history of premenstrual syndrome, and 75.9% women had normal vaginal delivery. About 60.6% of mothers were satisfied with their child's gender.
The distribution of maternal depression showed that 73 patients (54.9%) of women with mild depression (10-19), 56 (42.10%) moderate depression (20-29), and 4 (3%) of mothers had severe depression, as more mothers had mild depression.
Among the factors associated between postpartum depression with maternal education, financial status, unwanted pregnancy, type of delivery, family history of premenstrual syndrome, and maternal employment showed a significant relationship (P ≤ 0.05); but the other factors such as mother age, birth gender, and abortion had no significant relationship (P < 0.05). In the regression analysis, it was found that the predictive power of variables such as maternal education, financial status, unwanted pregnancy, history of premenstrual syndrome, maternal occupation, history of abortion, type of delivery, and gender of the baby having satisfaction with postpartum depression was 27.7%. The predictive ability of these variables, such as maternal education, financial status, unwanted pregnancy, history of premenstrual syndrome, type of delivery, and maternal employment, was significant. Here, the predictive power of unplanned pregnancy is more than other variables (ß =0.24)