Social support and incidence of depression among postpartum mother lived in the extended family as Indonesian culture.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore the correlation between social support and incidence of depression among postpartum mother lived in Indonesia's extended family. METHOD: A cross-sectional descriptive study was undertaken in this study. Fifty-seven eligible samples were recruited with cluster sampling at two primary health services in Makassar. The correlation between social support and incidence of postpartum depression was analyzed using chi-square. RESULTS: The results showed the mean age was 29 years. Dominant have low educational (35.1%). Majority of mothers was a housewife (89.5%). Majority sample was multiparous (73.3%), giving birth with vaginal birth (91.2%) and average has two children. The result revealed a significant correlation between social support and incidence of postpartum depression (p=0.030). CONCLUSIONS: The result highlights important issues related to social support and postpartum depression. Family-center care nursing and social support during childbearing are needed to prevent the incidence of postpartum depression.