Awareness and related factors of depressive symptoms in breastfeeding people in South Korea: a survey-based cross-sectional study.

Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101552874 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2044-6055 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20446055 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMJ Open Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: [London] : BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2011-

Depression*/epidemiology ; Breast Feeding*; Female ; Humans ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology

Objectives: This study identifies depressive symptoms and the factors that could explain its presence in breastfeeding people.
Design: This study is a cross-sectional study from national survey data.
Setting and Participants: Data were derived from the 2019 Korean Community Health Survey. The study subjects were breastfeeding people under the age of 50.
Primary Outcome Measures: Depressive symptoms in breastfeeding people were classified according to the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score. Physical and health behaviours were considered as factors related to depressive symptoms. A multilevel logistic regression analysis was used.
Results: Among 497 participants, 19.4% (n=97) of breastfeeding people were depressed. We found that depressive symptoms were associated with age (31-35, OR: 0.79, 95% CI: 0.67 to 0.94; 35-49, OR: 0.42, 95% CI: 0.32 to 0.56), rural setting (OR: 0.62, 95% CI: 0.51 to 0.76), economic activity (OR: 0.75, 95% CI: 0.61 to 0.91) and physical health (diabetus mellitus or hypertension, OR: 5.17, 95% CI: 3.78 to 7.06).
Conclusions: This study implies that socioeconomic factors, physical health and health behaviours may influence depressive symptoms in breastfeeding people. These findings should be used as descriptive data to support the development of education programmes to help breastfeeding people.
Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
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Keywords: depression & mood disorders; primary care; public health

Date Created: 20230727 Date Completed: 20230731 Latest Revision: 20230802

20231215

PMC10387636

10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068282

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