Determining factors for the prevalence of depressive symptoms among postpartum mothers in lowland region in southern Nepal

Devendra Raj Singh; Dev Ram Sunuwar; Shraddha Adhikari; Sunita Singh; Kshitij Karki

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245199

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Determining factors for the prevalence of depressive symptoms among postpartum mothers in lowland region in southern Nepal

Devendra Raj Singh ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dsingh3797@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Asian College for Advance Studies, Purbanchal University, Satdobato, Lalitpur, Nepal, Research and Innovation Section, Southeast Asia Development Actions Network (SADAN), Lalitpur, Nepal, Research Section, Swadesh Development Foundation (SDF), Province-2, Siraha, Nepal

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-9476

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Dev Ram Sunuwar,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Asian College for Advance Studies, Purbanchal University, Satdobato, Lalitpur, Nepal, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Armed Police Force Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2544-8296

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Shraddha Adhikari,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Asian College for Advance Studies, Purbanchal University, Satdobato, Lalitpur, Nepal
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Sunita Singh,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Department of Home Science, Padma Kanya Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Kshitij Karki

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Asian College for Advance Studies, Purbanchal University, Satdobato, Lalitpur, Nepal, Group for Technical Assistance, Lalitpur, Nepal
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Determining factors for the prevalence of depressive symptoms among postpartum mothers in lowland region in southern Nepal

Devendra Raj Singh,
Dev Ram Sunuwar,
Shraddha Adhikari,
Sunita Singh,
Kshitij Karki

Published: January 22, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245199

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