Impact of Childbirth Complications on Postpartum Depression Occurrence: A scoping review

Abstract: Postpartum depression (PPD) is worldwide known as one of the most common complications of childbearing. It affects the health and wellbeing of many mothers, their infants, and their families. Globally, childbirth is a period of women’s life content an intense and strong emotion, both negative and positive and transition naturally health. This transition in a woman's life has been subjected to change in location. This study aimed to investigate if maternal childbirth complications affect postpartum depression. A Searches were completed using PsycINFO, Medline and PubMed databases through the Saudi Digital library database. The eligibility criteria included: full text articles, researches in English language, researches which studied the relationship between maternal childbirth complications and occurrence of postpartum depression. All the included studies were critically appraised. After the selection process, 13 studies matching the inclusion criteria identified and were incorporated into the review. Results: The literature review content categorized into four themes: preterm labor; perineal injury; cesarean birth; postpartum hemorrhage and the most common among them was the cesarean birth. Keywords: Impact, effect, delivery complications, childbirth complications, relationship, postpartum depression, women. Title: Impact of Childbirth Complications on Postpartum Depression Occurrence: A scoping review Author: Munayfah Musallam Alruwaili, Badriyah Musallam Alruwaili International Journal of Novel Research in Healthcare and Nursing ISSN 2394-7330 Vol. 12, Issue 3, September 2025 - December 2025 Page No: 23-28 Novelty Journals Website: www.noveltyjournals.com Published Date: 29-September-2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17224233 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.noveltyjournals.com/upload/paper/Impact%20of%20Childbirth%20Complications-29092025-3.pdf