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Abstract This is a quantitative, cross-sectional study. It was carried out in 2017 with 103 mothers, and it aimed to analyze and measures the quality of life of puerperal women, and it identify the prevalence of indicative signs of postpartum depression and it associates quality of life scores with depressive symptoms. We applied socio-demographic conditions, health and obstetrics tools, the “Quality of Life Index” and the Beck Depression Inventory. The average total quality of life score was 24.77. The aspects with the smallest and largest scores were Socioeconomic and Family. The average of points on the Beck Inventory was 9.42, but 82.5% did not have indicative signs of depression. We noticed that the presence of indicative signs changed all quality of lives scores. The puerpereal women obtained high scores on quality of life, but indicative signs of depression influenced negatively the quality of life in all of its aspects.

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