The Relationship Between Receiving Respectful Maternity Care, Breastfeeding Attitudes and Postpartum Depression

Yıl 2026, Cilt: 19 Sayı: 2 , 240 - 256 , 14.04.2026

Yasemin Sökmen , Seyma Korkmaz , Esmanur Melek Torun , Zehra Nur Damatoğlu

https://doi.org/10.46483/jnef.1573284

https://izlik.org/JA68BX98CE

Öz

Backgrounds: Respectful maternity care positively affects mother and baby health in both the short and long term.
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between primiparous women's receiving respectful maternity care and breastfeeding attitudes and postpartum depression.
Methods: The study is descriptive and correlational in type and was conducted between March and October 2024. The research universe consisted of puerperal women who gave birth in a public hospital in the north of Turkey, and the sample consisted of 266 people. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Women's Perception of Respectful Maternity Care Scale, Breastfeeding Attitudes of The Evaluation Scale and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale. In the analysis of the data, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests, Spearman correlation and Linear regression analysis were performed.
Results: The mean scores of primiparous women on the Women's Perception of Respectful Maternity Care Scale, Breastfeeding Attitudes of The Evaluation Scale and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale were found to be 57.11±12.65, 120.96±44.34 and 9.01±6.54, respectively. A weak and negative correlation was found between the scores of the Women's Perception of Respectful Maternity Care Scale and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale, and a weak and positive statistically significant correlation was found between the Breastfeeding Attitudes of The Evaluation Scale and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (p<.05).
Conclusion: Women's perception of respectful maternal care was at a moderate level, and it was found that as women's perception of respectful maternal care scores increased, their postpartum depression scores decreased.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Breastfeeding Attitude , Depression , Postpartum , Respectful Care

Proje Numarası

1919B012326667

Saygılı Annelik Bakımı Alma Durumunun Emzirme Tutumu ve Postpartum Depresyonla İlişkisi

https://izlik.org/JA68BX98CE

Öz

Giriş: Saygılı annelik bakımı anne ve bebek sağlığı hem kısa hem de uzun vadede olumlu yönde etkilenmektedir.
Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, primipar kadınların saygılı annelik bakımı alma durumunun emzirme tutumu ve postpartum depresyon ile ilişkisini tespit etmektir.
Yöntem: Araştırma, tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı tipte olup, Mart-Ekim 2024 tarihleri arasında yapıldı. Araştırma evrenini, Türkiye’nin kuzeyinde yer alan bir kamu hastanesinde doğum yapan lohusalar, örneklemini ise 266 kişi oluşturdu. Veriler Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Kadınların Saygılı Annelik Bakımı Algısı Ölçeği, Emzirme Tutumunu Değerlendirme Ölçeği ve Edinburg Doğum Sonrası Depresyon Ölçeği ile toplandı. Verilerin analizinde ise Mann-Whitney U ile Kruskal Wallis testleri, Spearman korelasyon ve Lineer regresyon analizi yapıldı.
Bulgular: Primipar kadınların Saygılı Annelik Bakımı, Emzirme Tutumunu ve Edinburg Doğum Sonrası Depresyon ölçek puan ortalamaları sırasıyla; 57.11±12.65, 120.96±44.34 ve 9.01±6.54 olduğu saptandı. Kadınların Saygılı Annelik Bakımı Algısı Ölçeği ile Edinburg Doğum Sonrası Depresyon Ölçeği puanları arasında zayıf seviyede ve negatif yönde; Emzirme Tutumunu Değerlendirme Ölçeği ile Edinburg Doğum Sonrası Depresyon Ölçeği arasında zayıf seviyede ve pozitif yönde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu bulundu (p<.05).
Sonuç: Kadınların saygılı annelik bakımı algısı orta düzeyde olup kadınların saygılı annelik bakımı algısı puanları arttıkça postpartum depresyon puanlarının azaldığı bulundu.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Depresyon , Emzirme Tutum , Lohusa , Saygılı Bakım

Etik Beyan

Araştırmanın uygulanabilmesi ve verilerin toplanabilmesi için Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Araştırmaları Etik Kurulu’ndan etik onay (Protokol numarası: 2023-1052, Tarih: 29.12.2023) alındı.

Destekleyen Kurum

Çalışmamız, TÜBİTAK 2209-A Üniversite Öğrencileri Araştırma Projeleri Destekleme Programı 2023 yılı 2. dönem kapsamında 1919B012326667 numaralı başvuru destek almaya hak kazanmıştır.

Proje Numarası

1919B012326667

Teşekkür

Bulunmamaktadır.

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