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    Breastfeeding and postnatal depression in Sabah, Malaysia

    194374_Mohamad Yusuff 2013.pdf (2.098Mb)
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    Open access
    Authors
    Mohamad Yusuff, Aza Sherin
    Date
    2013
    Supervisor
    Prof. Andy Lee
    Prof. Colin Binns
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    PhD
    
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    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1389
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    Abstract

    This is a cohort study of 2072 women in Sabah, Malaysia at an antenatal visit and followed up at 1, 3 and 6 months postpartum. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was administered and details were obtained on infant feeding. 95.9%, 88.2% and 80.7% mothers were breastfeeding at each postpartum visit and the prevalence of depression was 13.8% at antenatal and 7.6%, 7.2% and 8% at 1 month, 3 months and 6 months postpartum, respectively.

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