Maternal Resilience and Postpartum Depression at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

depression depressive symptoms maternal mothers neonatal intensive care unit postpartum resilience women

Journal

Frontiers in pediatrics
ISSN: 2296-2360
Titre abrégé: Front Pediatr
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101615492

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 28 01 2022
accepted: 06 04 2022
entrez: 27 5 2022
pubmed: 28 5 2022
medline: 28 5 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The neonatal intensive care unit causes maternal stress and postpartum depressive symptoms in preterm and term mothers. Personal resources like maternal resilience are usually not considered in counselling these women. This study aims to evaluate the resilience and differences in postpartum depression after admission of newborns at the neonatal intensive care unit. This prospective pilot study was conducted in a single teaching hospital in Austria from December 2016 until December 2018. Sixty women completed two internationally validated questionnaires, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) to evaluate depressive symptoms and the Resilience Scale RS-13 to measure maternal resilience during the postpartum period (3 to 10 days postpartum). Additionally, women answered two open questions about burdens and relief. Twenty women (34%) showed lower resilience scores. The 39 high-resilient women (66%) showed significantly less depression ( The experience of having a newborn at the neonatal intensive care unit is a challenging event for women. Women have different resilience parameters. Mothers with lower resilience will benefit from social support and emotional health-promoting activities.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
The neonatal intensive care unit causes maternal stress and postpartum depressive symptoms in preterm and term mothers. Personal resources like maternal resilience are usually not considered in counselling these women.
Objective UNASSIGNED
This study aims to evaluate the resilience and differences in postpartum depression after admission of newborns at the neonatal intensive care unit.
Methods UNASSIGNED
This prospective pilot study was conducted in a single teaching hospital in Austria from December 2016 until December 2018. Sixty women completed two internationally validated questionnaires, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) to evaluate depressive symptoms and the Resilience Scale RS-13 to measure maternal resilience during the postpartum period (3 to 10 days postpartum). Additionally, women answered two open questions about burdens and relief.
Results UNASSIGNED
Twenty women (34%) showed lower resilience scores. The 39 high-resilient women (66%) showed significantly less depression (
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
The experience of having a newborn at the neonatal intensive care unit is a challenging event for women. Women have different resilience parameters. Mothers with lower resilience will benefit from social support and emotional health-promoting activities.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35620147
doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.864373
pmc: PMC9127378
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

864373

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Mautner, Stern, Avian, Deutsch, Fluhr and Greimel.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Eva Mautner (E)

Division of Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Christina Stern (C)

Division of Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Alexander Avian (A)

Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Maria Deutsch (M)

Division of Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Herbert Fluhr (H)

Division of Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Elfriede Greimel (E)

Division of Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

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