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- Title
The Effect of Midwife-led Psycho-Education on Parental Stress, Postpartum Depression and Parental Competency in High Risk Pregnancy Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Authors
Chaharrahifard, Leila; Jashni Motlagh, Alireza; Akbari-Kamrani, Mahnaz; Ataee, Mina; Esmaelzadeh –Saeieh, Sara
- Abstract
Introduction: Women with high-risk pregnancy are at increased risk of depression and anxiety during pregnancy, as well as a less favorable parent-infant interaction. This study aimed to investigate the effect of midwife-led psycho-education intervention on parental stress, competency, and postpartum depression in nulliparous women hospitalized with high-risk pregnancy. Methods: This randomized controlled trial was carried out on 66 nulliparous women admitted to the high-risk pregnancy ward of Kamali Hospital, Karaj, Iran. Using convenient sampling method, the mothers were randomly assigned to control and intervention groups. In addition to routine care, the intervention group received four sessions of midwife-led psycho-education intervention in two group sessions in pregnancy and two individual sessions immediately after delivery. The parental stress, parental competency, and postpartum depression questionnaires were used for data collection before, after, and one month after the intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS software ver. 13.0. Repeated-measures ANOVA test was used for comparing the mean scores of parenting stress, parental competency, and depression between and within both study groups before, after, and one month after delivery. Results: While postpartum depression and parental stress decreased in intervention group, parental competency increased. Conclusion: Our findings indicated that midwife-led psycho-education was effective on parental stress, competency, and postpartum depression in high-risk pregnancy mothers. Accordingly, prenatal distress in high-risk pregnancies should be assessed routinely.
- Subjects
KARAJ (Iran); PSYCHOEDUCATION; HIGH-risk pregnancy; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; POSTPARTUM depression; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PRENATAL depression; HOSPITAL wards
- Publication
Journal of Caring Science, 2021, Vol 10, Issue 2, p70
- ISSN
2251-9920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.34172/jcs.2021.014