• saraswathi KN
• prof sheela willimas
• yuvaraj PR

Pregnancy and child birth can be a very rewarding and exciting time, but it can also be a period of severe emotional stress as seen in the estimated 10-25% of women suffering from postpartum depression. The aim of the study was to assess the domestic decision making power, social support and postpartum depression symptoms among postnatal mothers. A descriptive correlational research design was adopted for the study. The samples were selected by purposive sampling. 60 postnatal mothers were selected. The tools used for the data collection were proforma for selected personal variables, domestic decision making power, modified multidimensional scale of perceived social support and modified Edinburgh postnatal depression scale. Results: Findings of the study revealed that there is a significant correlation between domestic decision making power and social support among postnatal mothers and calculated ‘r’ value, r =0.98. There is a significant correlation between domestic decision making power and postpartum depression symptoms among postnatal mothers and calculated ‘r’ value, r =0.52. There is a significant correlation between social support and postpartum depression symptoms among postnatal mothers and calculated ‘r’ value, r =0.51. There is an association between level of domestic decision making power with variables like religion and educational status among postnatal mothers. There is significant association between level of social support with variables like age, occupation, type of family, duration of marital life, mode of delivery, parity and number of children among postnatal mothers. There is a significant association between level of postpartum depression symptoms with variables like age, educational status, occupation, and family income among postnatal mothers.

postnatal depression domestic desicion making

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE DOMESTIC DECISION MAKING POWER, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS IN SELECTED URBAN AREAS OF MYSURU”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.583-594, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903381.pdf

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE DOMESTIC DECISION MAKING POWER, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS IN SELECTED URBAN AREAS OF MYSURU”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp583-594, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903381.pdf