Postpartum depression, adaptation to motherhood role and newborn?s health (nutritional problems, respiratory distress syndrome, anemia) Pregnancy and Childbirth Mild mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
Conditions
Interventions
Women in the intervention group and control group were at the Intensive Care Unit of Newborn of Corum State Hospital. After all patients were informed of the purpose the study and their oral consents
both groups were given Descriptive Data Collection Form about mothers? and their babies? characteristics. The researcher provided training for the women in the intervention group during the period whe
Sponsors
Hitit University (Turkey)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women who lived in the city center of Corum, gave birth before the 37th gestational week and accepted to participate in the research voluntarily were included in the research.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those women and/or their babies who developed complications (mothers: postpartum hemorrhage, infection, etc.; babies: respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal asphyxia, etc.) and the women who had chronic diseases (heart diseases, hypertension, diabetes, renal diseases) were excluded from the study due to the idea that they may be affecting the results of the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The Form to determine the Newborn?s Problems: There are three questions in the form about the health problems of the newborn, status of visiting the health institution and the reasons for visiting the health institution during the six-week post-partum period after hospital-discharge in order to determine the problems experienced by the premature babies. 2. Form of Adaptation to Motherhood Role: The form included two questions to inquire the problems experienced by mothers and babies in terms of the mother-baby relation and to explore the mothers? adaptational status during the six week period. 3. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI): BDI, developed by Beck et al. (1960), is one of the most used inventories in clinics and researches and can be administered for individuals aged between 13 and 80[19]. The inventory is consisted of 21 statements and is used to objectively measure the degree of depression and physical, emotional, mental and motivational symptoms seen during depression. The Turkish adaptation of the inventory was performed by Hisli (1988) and its validity and reliability coefficients are rather good[20]. It was found out that test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.65 and split-half reliability coefficient was 0.78 for students and 0.61 for depressive patients. Scores for the statements of the inventory range from 0 to 3. All of the scores are added and depression score is obtained. The highest score of the inventory is 63 (21 x 3). A higher total score means a higher level or severity of depression. Scores obtained from the inventory can be evaluated as follows: Score Evaluation 0-9 Normal 10-15 Slight depression 16-23 Moderate depression 24-63 Severe depression | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Descriptive Data Collection Form about Mothers? and their babies? Characteristics The form includes a total of 16 questions in order to explore both demographic characteristics (such as age, educational status, monthly total income, etc.) and descriptive characteristics related to the mothers and their babies (such as parity, total gestational weeks, birth weight of the baby, state of breastfeeding and feeding the baby with supplement food, supplement food or foods eaten by the baby, problems experienced by the baby during early postpartum period and hospital-discharge time). | — |
Countries
Turkey
Outcome results
None listed