The relationship between breast feeding and depression in the early postpartum period

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between breast feeding and postnatal depression in mothers in the early postpartum period.
Material and Method: This descriptive and correlational study was conducted at the maternity hospitalin the city center of Erzurum between 1 February 2013 and 30 April 2013. The data were collected using the Introductory Information Form, LATCH Breastfeeding Assessment Tool and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. One way analysis of variance, t test, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U and correlation analysis were used to assess the data.
Results: It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference between the age, educational level and pregnancy number of mothers and LATCH mean scores (p<0.05), and a statistically significant difference between the EPDS mean scores and income level, pregnancy number and pregnancy intention of mothers (p<0.05). According to these results, no relationship was determined between LATCH and EPDS mean scores.
Conclusion: As a result of the study, it was determined that mothers had a moderate-level success of breast feeding, one fourth of them were under risk in terms of depression and there was no relationship
between the depression and breast feeding.

Erken postpartum dönemde emzirme ve depresyon arasýndaki iliþki

Amaç: Bu araþtýrma, erken postpartum dönemde olan annelerde emzirme ile doðum sonu depresyon arasýndaki iliþkinin saptanmasý amacýyla yapýlmýþtýr.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanýmlayýcý ve iliþki arayýcý tipte olan araþtýrma 1 Þubat2013-30 Nisan 2013 tarihleri arasýnda Erzurum il merkezinde bulunan Kadýn-Doðum hastanesinde yapýlmýþtýr. Veriler Tanýtýcý Bilgi Formu, LATCH Emzirme Tanýlama Ölçeði ve Edinburgh Doðum Sonrasý Depresyon Ölçeði ile toplanmýþtýr. Verilerin deðerlendirilmesinde tek yönlü varyans analizi, t testi, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U ve korelasyon analizi kullanýlmýþtýr.
Bulgular: Annelerin; yaþý, eðitim düzeyi ve gebelik sayýsý ile LATCH puan ortalamalarý arasýnda istatistiksel açýdan anlamlý fark olduðu (p<0.05), EDSDÖ puan ortalamalarý ile annelerin gelir düzeyi, gebelik sayýsý ve gebeliði isteme durumu arasýnda istatistiksel olarak anlamlý fark olduðu belirlenmiþtir (p<0.05). Bulgulara göre LATCH ve EDSDÖ puan ortalamalarý arasýnda bir iliþki olmadýðý saptanmýþtýr
Sonuç: Araþtýrma sonucunda annelerin; emzirme baþarýlarýnýn orta düzeyde olduðu, dörtte birinin depresyon açýsýndan risk altýnda olduðu ve depresyon ile emzirme arasýnda bir iliþki olmadýðý belirlenmiþtir.