Abstract:
The aims of this cross-sectional descriptive study were to study postpartum depression, quality of life and related factors of among postpartum women who were received urine examination for second-hand smoke exposure during pregnancy. The data were collected from 106 postpartum women by 1) Demographic questionnaire, 2) WHOQOl-BREF-THAI, 3) Thai version Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) with the cut point of 11 was to identify cases of postpartum depression, 4) The Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ Part-II), 5) Newborn health and 6) Direct barbituric acid (DBA)method and analyzed by Descriptive Statistics, Chi-square Test, Independent sample t-test One-way ANOVA, Pearsons correlation coefficient and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis. The result showed the prevalence of postpartum depression according to EPDS Thai version was 5.7 percent. The overall of quality of life was well-being level (68.9 percent) categorized as physical health, psychological and social relationships was well-being level (63.2, 76.4 and 52.8 percent) and environment was moderate level (50.0 percent). The significantly related factors with postpartum depression were individual income, sufficient income, unintended pregnancy, period of second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure, knowledge about second-hand smoke (SHS) effects, social support and quality of life. The significantly related factors with overall of quality of life were sufficient income, knowledge about second-hand smoke (SHS) effects, frequency of second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure and social support. The significantly predictive factors with postpartum depression were sufficient income and social support, the predictive power was 17.8 percent. And quality of life were social support and postpartum depression, the predictive power was 55.3 percent.