DETERMINATION OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND MATERNAL ATTACHMENT LEVELS OF MOTHERS WHOSE NEWBORN BABIES ARE HOSPITALIZED

Abstract

This studyaimed toinvestigate the postpartum depression and maternal attachment levels of mothers whose babies were hospitalized. This descriptive study was completed with 300 mothers who met the inclusion criteria. In the study, the postpartum depression scores of the mothers who saw, held and breastfed their baby in the first 30 minutes after birth were found to be low and their maternal attachment scores were high (p<0.05). The total mean scores of the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale and the Maternal Attachment Inventory were 13.49±6.65 and 93.28±7.89, respectively. It was determined that there was a negative and highly significant relationship (p<0.01; r=-0.72) between the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale and the Maternal Attachment Inventory scores of the mothers. The level of postpartum depression of the mothers who had early contact with their babies decreased and the level of attachment to the mother increased. Nurses are critical personnel providing mother-infant interaction in the neonatal unit. For this reason, it may be recommended that nurses evaluate early postpartum depression symptoms of mothers whose infants are hospitalized to improve mother-infant health and to encourage attachment by providing mother-infant interaction.

Keywords

• Maternal attachment
• mother-baby interaction
• neonatal unit
• postpartum depression

Supporting Institution

The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, or publication of this article.

Ethical Statement

This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics committee approval was obtained from the Erciyes University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Date: 25.07.2019, Decision No: 96681246). Institutional permission was obtained from the Erciyes University Health Practice and Research Center.

Thanks

The authors thank all the mother who accepted to participate in this study.

YENİDOĞAN BEBEĞİ HASTANEDE YATAN ANNELERİN POSTPARTUM DEPRESYON VE MATERNAL BAĞLANMA DÜZEYLERİNİN BELİRLENMESİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, yenidoğan bebeği hastanede yatan annelerin postpartum depresyon ve maternal bağlanma düzeylerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu çalışma dahil edilme kriterlerine uyan 300 anne ile tamamlanmıştır.Çalışmada, doğumdan sonraki ilk 30 dakika içinde bebeğini gören, kucağına alan ve emziren annelerin doğum sonrası depresyon puanlarının düşük, maternal bağlanma puanlarının ise yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Edinburgh Doğum Sonrası Depresyon Ölçeği ve Maternal Bağlanma Envanteri'nin toplam ortalama puanları sırasıyla 13.49±6.65 ve 93.28±7.89'dur. Annelerin postpartum depresyon vematernal bağlanma ölçeği puanları arasında negatif yönde ve yüksek düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu belirlenmiştir (p<0.01; r=-0.72). Bebekleriyle erken temas kuran annelerin doğum sonrası depresyon düzeylerinin düşük, maternal bağlanma düzeylerinin ise yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur. Yenidoğan ünitesinde hemşireler, anne-bebek etkileşimini sağlamada önemli bir role sahiptir. Bu nedenle, anne-bebek sağlığını iyileştirmek ve anne-bebek etkileşimi sağlayarak bağlanmayı teşvik etmek için hemşirelerin bebeği hastaneye yatırılan annelerin postpartum depresyon semptomlarını erken dönemde değerlendirmeleri önerilebilir.

Keywords

• Maternal bağlanma
• anne-bebek etkileşimi
• yenidoğan ünitesi
• postpartum depresyon

Supporting Institution

Yazar(lar) bu makalenin araştırılması, yazarlığı veya yayımlanması için hiçbir finansal destek almadılar.

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışma, Helsinki Bildirgesi ilkelerine uygun olarak yürütülmüştür. Etik kurul onayı Erciyes Üniversitesi Klinik Araştırmalar Etik Kurulu'ndan alınmıştır (Tarih: 25.07.2019, Karar No: 96681246) Erciyes Üniversitesi Sağlık Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi'nden kurum izni alınmıştır.

Thanks

Yazarlar, bu çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden tüm annelere teşekkür etmektedir.

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