Social support and incidence of depression among postpartum mother lived in the extended family as Indonesian culture

Abstract

Objective

The purpose of this study was to explore the correlation between social support and incidence of depression among postpartum mother lived in Indonesia's extended family.

Method

A cross-sectional descriptive study was undertaken in this study. Fifty-seven eligible samples were recruited with cluster sampling at two primary health services in Makassar. The correlation between social support and incidence of postpartum depression was analyzed using chi-square.

Results

The results showed the mean age was 29 years. Dominant have low educational (35.1%). Majority of mothers was a housewife (89.5%). Majority sample was multiparous (73.3%), giving birth with vaginal birth (91.2%) and average has two children. The result revealed a significant correlation between social support and incidence of postpartum depression (p = 0.030).

Conclusions

The result highlights important issues related to social support and postpartum depression. Family-center care nursing and social support during childbearing are needed to prevent the incidence of postpartum depression.