Peripartum depression and its predictors: A longitudinal observational hospital-based study

Table 5 Comparative statistics between antepartum and postpartum manifestations of depression

Psychiatric manifestations	Participants, n = 200		P value
	Antepartum	Postpartum
BDI-II score, range	1–38 (26.13 ± 8.85)	2–46 (22.27 ± 6.74)	0.455
Severity of depression, n (%)			0.0001
Minimal	33 (16.5)	104 (52)
Mild	41 (20.5)	64 (32)
Moderate	54 (27)	27 (13.5)
Severe	72 (36)	5 (2.5)
STAI score, range	21–78 (53.31 ± 11.82)	-	-
PSI-SF score, range	-	36–18 (136.57 ± 45.86)	-
Women with clinically significant stress, n (%)	-	130 (65)	-

Data are presented as mean ± SD. BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; PSI-SF: Parenting Stress Index-Short Form; STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.