COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL HEALTH POST ABORTION AND POST PARTUM (NORMAL VAGINAL DELIVERY AND CESARIAN SECTION)

Objective: to assess and compare mental health after spontaneous abortion, normal vaginal delivery (nvd) and cesarian section (c/s).material and methods: this prospective analytical descriptive study was carried out in universityaffiliated teaching hospitals in tehran city, iran.. the specific questionnaire (panas & scl-90) was applied in this study. the sample population of this study included 48 women during their post abortion period as well as 48 women after nvd and 48 women after c/s. the subjects' mental changes and disorders have been measured. it has been followed by interview and completing the questionnaires at first 24 hours and the weeks of 6th and 12th.results: the negative emotional change in the first 24 hours showed no significant differences between abortion and delivery (p=0/002) but on the week 6th and 12th after abortion and delivery the anova test showed significant differences between (nvd & c/s) and abortion (p=0/00). the frequency of mental disorders in the first 24th in the case and control groups were 33.3% and 10.3% respectively and the difference was statistically significant (p=0/00). the severity of emotional changes after spontaneous abortion was more than nvd and in the c/s was more than the rate in nvd.conclusion: the statistics reveals that abortion and delivery threaten women's psychological well-being and through the time the intensity of negative mental changes and disorders in all three mentioned groups was decreasing