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- Title
Bonding in women with postnatal anaemia: a pilot case control study looking at postnatal bonding in women who have been diagnosed with anaemia at a University Hospital in the East of England.
- Authors
Dearman, L.; Musonda, P.; Roberts, F.; Bowles, K.; Morris, E.
- Abstract
Purpose: Anaemia is common postpartum; however, the effect of anaemia on mother-infant bonding is presently unknown. This case controlled study was designed to evaluate the effects of anaemia on mother and baby bonding in the first month following delivery. Methods: 945 consecutive postpartum women who gave birth at home or in the obstetric unit at a university hospital in the East of England were identified from the hospital computer records. Blood counts had been performed on 279 of these women within 48 h of delivery, entirely at the discretion of the clinical team. The women with available blood count data were sent a self-reporting questionnaire which included a validated postpartum bonding questionnaire (PBQ) []. Data were collected from the 115 (41%) responses and analysed for the evidence of an effect of anaemia on bonding. Results: 57 (50%) of women responding to the questionnaire were anaemic (haemoglobin < 10 g/dL). There was no evidence of a difference between maternal, age, parity, mode of delivery, gestational age, baby weight or baby age at the time of completing questionnaire between the anaemic and non-anaemic groups. Moreover, there was no evidence of a difference in maternal perception of mother-infant bonding between the anaemic and non-anaemic groups. Conclusion: Our study suggested no evidence of an association between postnatal anaemia and the mother's ability to bond with the baby; however a small but significant effect may still exist which we were not able to detect due to a possible lack of power, hence we suggest, further larger studies to be conducted.
- Subjects
EAST of England; ANEMIA diagnosis; CASE-control method; UNIVERSITY hospitals; PUERPERIUM; MOTHER-infant relationship; DELIVERY (Obstetrics)
- Publication
Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2012, Vol 285, Issue 5, p1243
- ISSN
0932-0067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00404-011-2142-0