Benue State University, Makurdi

PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AMONG NURSING MOTHERS ATTENDING POSTNATAL CLINIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN TEACHING HOSPITAL, NIGERIA

Oguntayo Rotimi., Oyeleke Johnson T., Popoola Olugbenga A., Kehinde Miracle O., Ajibewa Dele
(Department of Psychology, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria +2347062663826, uchoaondoaver@yahoo.com)

Abstract

This study examined influence of psychosocial factors on postpartum depression (PPD) among nursing mothers attending postnatal clinic in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Nigeria. 126 nursing mothers were purposively sampled in UITH. The Brief Resilience Scales (BRS), Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were used to collect data from the sampled participants. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data collected using SPSS version 20. The result shows that body image satisfaction negatively correlated with PPD (r=-.278 p<.05) while mothers' numbers of children has positive relationship with PPD (r=.198 p<.05). Resilience and body image satisfaction have significant joint influence on PPD [R=.410; R=.168; F(8,114), t=2.089, p<.01].However, body image satisfaction independently significantly predicted PPD among the participants [t =2.690, p<.05, â=.252], also type of family had a significant different on the scores of PPD [t (-2.225) = 124; P<.05]. Further analysis showed that participants in nuclear family scored lower [X =13.94] compare to those from extended family [X=15.08], and numbers of child given birth to, did significantly predict PPD [t =2.490, p<.05, â=-.226] among the sampled participants. It was concluded that number of children, resilience and body image jointly have significant influence on PPD; body image satisfaction and number of children independently predict PPD, types of family have significant influence on PPD. The study recommends that government should build psychological assessment and psychotherapy in the services render at postnatal unit to cater for their mental health.

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