%0 Journal Article
%T Frecuencia de la depresi¨®n puerperal en la maternidad de un hospital universitario de la Regi¨®n del Sur
%A Lopes Menezes
%A F.
%A Netto de Oliveira
%A A.M.
%A Pinto Lemos
%A L.A.
%A Arruda da Silva
%A P.
%A Pereira da Costa Kerber
%A N.
%A Santos da Silva
%A M.R.
%J Enfermer¨ªa Global
%D 2012
%I Universidad de Murcia
%R 10.4321/S1695-61412012000300023
%X this study aimed to identify the frequency of risk to trigger postpartum depression in women interned in a maternity hospital, through the application of the scale edinburgh post-natal depression scale (epds). it is a quantitative, exploratory and descriptive study. it included 53 postpartum women in the immediate postpartum period from april to may 2009. a questionnaire was developed based on the scale edinburgh post-natal depression scale (epds). the obtained data through the application of the scale were analyzed and interpreted using descriptive statistics and taking into account all the provisions from the resolution196/96 of the research with humans. the results showed that the risk of postpartum depression was found in six women (11%), which demonstrate the importance of health professionals to perform the early detection of postpartum depression, with the epds scale aid, the effectiveness' and practicality of its implementation.
%K postpartum depression
%K nursing
%K women's health.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1695-61412012000300023&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en