Postpartum depression experience increased from 3 years ago...The period is extended by more than 50 days
Feb 05, 2025
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This is in the results of the '2024 Postpartum Care Survey' conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare for the third time after 2018 and 2021.
According to a survey of 3,221 mothers conducted from September 30 to October 12 last year, 68.5% of mothers experienced postpartum depression after delivery, the average period of experience was 187.5 days after delivery, and 6.8% were actually diagnosed with postpartum depression. This is a significant increase from 52.6% and 134.6 days in 2021. People who helped relieve postpartum depression were in the order of 'spouse'(57.8%), 'friend'(34.2%), 'family'(23.5%), and 'medical personnel and counselors'(10.2%), and 23.8% said they had never received help. Analysts say it is necessary to strengthen mental health management support for mothers after childbirth.
In the survey on the mother's health status and perception of postpartum care, the percentage of people who think that their health is good (49.4%) is the highest during pregnancy (49.4%), the lowest postpartum care period (30.8%), and 33.5% of people think they are in good health in the last week
When looking at the symptoms of discomfort during postpartum care, sleep deprivation was the most common at 67.5%, followed by pain at the wound (41.0%), nipple pain (35.4%), and depression (20.0%).
Meanwhile, 85.5% of the places mothers chose for postpartum care (duplex responses), followed by their own home (84.2%), their home (11.2%), and their city (1.0%).
The use rate of postpartum care centers is increasing with each survey, including 75.1% in 2018 and 81.2% in 2021, but the rate of choosing postpartum care centers as preferred cooking places decreased from 78.1% in the previous survey to 70.9% last year. Then, preference was high in the order of one's own house (19.3%) and one's own home (3.6%). There was no significant difference in satisfaction by place, but the cooking satisfaction at the city and postpartum care centers was the highest at 3.9 points, followed by the house (3.6 points) and the house (3.5 points).
The average postpartum care period was 30.7 days. It was the longest in the order of home (22.3 days), home (20.3 days), market price (19.8 days), and postpartum care center (12.6 days). Compared to 2021, the time of the previous survey, the postpartum care period at home, such as home (26.8 days → 22.3) and home (23.7 days → 20.3) decreased, but the cooking period at the postpartum care center increased from 12.3 days to 12.6 days.
The average amount of postpartum care center expenditure was 2,865,000 won, up 17.9% from 2.43 million won in 2021. This is a bigger increase than the 10% increase in three years from 2018 (2.227 million won). The cost of postpartum care at home decreased by 14.9% from 958,000 won in 2018 to 815,000 won in 2021 and then surged by 50% to 1,255,000 won last year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
