Table 2 Included Studies
From: The global prevalence of postpartum psychosis: a systematic review
| Â | POPULATION | STUDY TYPE | DATES | NUMBER OF CASES | CONTROLS/DENOMINATOR | INCIDENCE (%) | SAMPLING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adefuye et al. [31] | Post-partum women aged 19–43 years | Retrospective cohort study | 1988–2007 | 23 | 9085 | 0.25% or 2.5 in 1000 | All patients who developed mental disorders and were managed at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital |
Bang et al. [34] | Pregnant and post-partum women aged (exact age range unknown) | Prospective observational study | 1995–1996 | 2 | 772 | 0.26% or 2.6 in 1000 | Women from catchment area of 39 intervention villages who became pregnant and were observed at home by trained village health workers, validated by physician |
Nager et al. [44] | Primiparous women aged (exact age range unknown) | Retrospective cohort study | 1975–2003 | 1413 | 1133,368 | 0.12% or 1.2 in 1000 | All first-time mothers admitted to hospital due to psychiatric disorders up to 3 months after delivery (based on national registries) |
Terp et al. [45] | Postpartum women aged years (exact age range unknown) | Incidence/Prevalence Survey | 1973–1993 | 1133 | 1,270,117 | 0.089% or 0.89 in 1000 | All women who delivered in Denmark and were admitted to hospital and diagnosed with psychosis up to 3 months after delivery (based on national registries) |
Valdimarsdóttir et al. [33] | Primiparous women aged (exact age range unknown) | Incidence/Prevalence Survey | 1983–2000 | 892 | 745,596 | 0.12% or 1.2 in 1000 | All first-time mothers who were diagnosed with psychosis up to 3 months post-partum (based on national registries) |
| Â | PREVALENCE | Â | |||||
Vesga-Lopez et al. [32] | Postpartum women aged 18–50 years | Incidence/Prevalence Survey | 2001–2002 | (Exact number not reported - % only) | 994 | 0.5% or 5 in 1000 | Nationally representative sample of women interviewed during the 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. |