Seasonal Variation in Herd Size and Composition of Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa between years, months, meadows and day time in Dinder National Park, Sudan

Background: Postpartum Depression is a serious public health problem that leads to high maternal morbidity and mortality, enormously affecting the infant, family and society.Aim: The study aimed to assess postnatal women with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, to identify postpartum depression among women.Methods: This was a hospital -based cross-sectional which was carried out in two maternity hospitals in Omdurman locality.It included (142) participants, selected through systematic sampling method.The data was collected by interviews questionnaire focus on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (the maximum attainable score was 30.Scoring of < 8-not likely, 9-11 -possible, 12-13-Fairly high possibility, 14 or higher probable depression), and data were analyzed by the Statistical Package of Social Sciences, version 25, descriptive and inferential statistics used and a significance test was checked by chi-square test and p -value 0.05 accepted and data were presented in form of tables and figure.Results: The majority of the participants were between 20-24 years of age, 58.5 % had insufficient income, more than half of participants their current pregnancy wanted and unplanned 54% and 57 % not received support from their husband, 49% of participants had probable depression and experiences depressive symptoms.In our study there was statistically significant association Napata Scientific Journal Vol. 4 (1) PP 1-12 between current pregnancy wanted and unplanned (p-value 0.042), monthly income of family (p-value = 0. 079), and not received support from their husband (p-value 0.048) and Postnatal Depression status.Conclusion: Based on this study postpartum depression was highly probable among women and this indicates that a significant proportion of postpartum women experience depressive symptoms.