Table 4: Characteristics of associated factors for postpartum depression in Ethiopia by their Odds ratio, Confidence interval, association strength, author and year of publication.

Associated Factors Odds Ratio (AOR) 95% CI Strength of Association Author, Year of Publication
Being unmarried 2.5 1.20, 4.90 Strong and positive Fantahun et al,2016
Income difficulty 2.3 1.30, 4.00 Strong and positive Fantahun et al,2016
Death of a child 3.2 1.30, 8.00 Strong and positive Fantahun et al,2016
Unplanned pregnancy 2.9 1.60, 5.00 Strong and positive Fantahun et al,2016
Substance use 4.9 1.10, 21.30 Strong and positive Fantahun et al,2016
Previous depression 4.2 2.30, 7.80 Strong and positive Fantahun et al,2016
Domestic violence 3.1 1.60, 5.90 Strong and positive Fantahun et al,2016
18 up to 23 years age 3.9 1.53, 9.90 Strong and negative Toru et al.2018
Unplanned pregnancy 3.4 1.71, 6.58 Strong and negative Toru et al.2018
Sleeping problem of child 3.7 1.79, 7.72 Strong and negative Toru et al.2018
Domestic violence 2.9 1.72, 8.79 Strong and negative Toru et al.2018
Unsatisfied marital relation 2.7 1.32, 5.62 Strong and negative Toru et al.2018
Poor social support 4.3 1.79, 10.60 Strong and negative Toru et al.2018
History of depression 7.4 3.12, 17.35 Strong and negative Toru et al.2018
Substance use 5.2 2.52, 10.60 Strong and negative Toru et al.2018
Unplanned pregnancy 7.8 3.19, 19.26 Strong and negative abadiga, 2019
Primi-parity 4.99 1.54,16.09 Strong and negative abadiga, 2019
History of depression 3 1.06, 8.82 Strong and negative abadiga, 2019
Domestic violence 5.9 2.44, 14.40 Strong and negative abadiga, 2019
Substance use 3.9 1.52,10.30 Strong and negative abadiga, 2019
Poor social support 6.6 2.25, 19.29 Strong and negative abadiga, 2019
Stressful life event 4.5 2.64, 7.54 Strong and negative Abebe et al.2019
Domestic decision making 4.3 2.54, 7.14 Strong and negative Abebe et al.2019
Unplanned pregnancy 1.9 1.02, 3.41 Strong and negative Abebe et al.2019
Partner violence 3.2 1.76, 5.67 Strong and negative Abebe et al.2019
Associated factors Odds ratio(AOR) 95% confidence interval Strength of association Author, year of publication
Hospitalization of the baby 2.2 1.17, 4.31 Strong and positive Abebe et al.2019
Abortion history 1.8 1,07,2.96 Strong and positive MM Asaye et al 2020
Low birth weight of baby 3.1 1.78, 5.48 Strong and positive MM Asaye et al 2020
GA of baby< 36 weeks 2.2 1.22, 3.88 Strong and positive MM Asaye et al 2020
Unplanned pregnancy 2 1.24, 3.31 Strong and positive MM Asaye et al 2020
Relative mental illness 1.2 1.09, 3.05 weak and positive MM Asaye et al 2020
Has no ANC visit 4.05 1.81, 9.05 Strong and positive MM Asaye et al 2020
Has no PNV 1.8 1.11, 3.00 strong and positive MM Asaye et al 2020
Unplanned pregnancy 4.5 2.31, 8.71 Strong and positive Kerie et al.2018
Age 15-24 years 0.4 0.18, 0.98 Weak and negative Kerie et al.2018
Chronic illness 7.7 2.34, 25.44 Strong and positive Kerie et al.2018
Death of the infant 4.1 1.78, 9.51 Strong and positive Kerie et al.2018
Unstable marriage 6 2.79, 12.99 Strong and positive Kerie et al.2018
Intimate partner violence aRR=1.06 1.00, 1.12 Strong and positive Bitew et al.2019
Depression in pregnancy aRR=1.3 1.15, 1.45 Strong and positive Bitew et al.2019
Premature baby 11.4 NA Strong and positive Shewangizaw et al.2018
Poor satisfaction with care 8.7 NA Strong and positive Shewangizaw et al.2018
Family hx of mental illness 7.4 NA Strong and positive Shewangizaw et al.2018
Single/divorced/widowed 3.5 1.35, 8.82 Strong and positive Shitu et al.2019
Unwanted pregnancy 1.9 1.14, 3.33 Strong and positive Shitu et al.2019
Undesired infant sex 1.8 1.13, 2.86 Strong and positive Shitu et al.2019
Infant illness 2.1 1.30, 3.34 Strong and positive Shitu et al.2019
Poor social support 3.2 1.55, 6.43 Strong and positive Shitu et al.2019
Rural residence 2.6 2.56, 4.19 Strong and positive Azale et al.2018
Grand multi-parity 2.0 1.22, 3.26 Strong and positive Azale et al.2018
Associated factors Odds ratio(AOR) 95% confidence interval Strength of association Author, year of publication
Perinatal complications 2.6 1.89, 3.44 Strong and positive Azale et al.2018
Past history of abortion 1.5 1.07, 2.11 Moderate and positive Azale et al.2018
Hunger in past 1 month 2.4 1.75, 3.23 Strong and positive Azale et al.2018
Lower perceived wealth 2.1 1.19, 3.76 Strong and positive Azale et al.2018
Poor marital relation[12] 2.5 1.79, 3.42 Strong and positive Azale et al.2018
stressful event in past 2.4 1.82, 3.06 Strong and positive Azale et al.2018
Being widowed 4.2 1.14, 15.20 Strong and positive Wubetu et al.2020
Poor social support 5.1 1.00, 26.18 Strong and positive Wubetu et al.2020
Hospitalization of a child 3.3 1.39, 7.93 Strong and positive Wubetu et al.2020
Death of family member 2.9 1.101, 8.50 Strong and positive Wubetu et al.2020
Have no death of one’s child 0.3 0.11,0.86 Strong and Negative Teferra et al.2015
Poor support from family 3.3 1.11, 9.52 Strong and positive Teferra et al.2015
Low income 4.2 1.90,9.30 Strong and positive G Gebremichael et al.2018
Pregnancy complications 5 2.50, 10.40 Strong and positive G Gebremichael et al.2018
Smoking in husband 4.1 1.60, 10.60 Strong and positive G Gebremichael et al.2018
Previous depression 2.7 1.54, 4.80 Strong and positive G Gebremichael et al.2018
Family hx of psychiatry illness 3.6 1.40, 9.10 Strong and positive G Gebremichael et al.2018