scholarly journals Relationship Between Postnatal Depression of Mental Health Patients and the Psychological Health of Their Offspring

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fairuz Nazri Abd Rahman ◽  
Yun Yaw Wong ◽  
Ahmad Qabil Khalib
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Postnatal Depression ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Mental Health Patients ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Major Illness ◽  
Mental Health Clients ◽  
The Relationship

Postnatal depression is a major illness affecting maternal and family health. The rate of postnatal depression among mental health clients is postulated to be higher than in the community due to the added brain assault. Children of parents who are mental health clients are more likely to have psychological problems compared to children from other parents in the community. This study investigates the rate of postnatal depression among mental health clients and their offspring's psychological health. A total of 140 mental health clients were assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). They subsequently completed the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) regarding their children. The majority ethnicity was the Kadazan (40.7%). The mean age of mothers was 38.6 (7) years with most having a secondary education (53.6%) and a household income per month of < RM1000 per month (27.1%). The postnatal depression rate was 47.8%. Higher EPDS scores were associated with higher total SDQ scores in their offspring. Model 1 was unadjusted, giving an OR of 5.65 [95% CI (3.74, 7.55)], p < 0.001. After adjustment for confounders, Model 2 had an OR of 5.51 [95% CI (3.57, 7.46)], p < 0.001. More efforts need to be given to the early detection of maternal depression and its prompt treatment in mental health clients because of the relationship with the psychological health of the offspring.

scholarly journals Can the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale be used to screen for anxiety in the perinatal period? A factor analysis of high-risk and community samples

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Lautarescu ◽  
Suresh Victor ◽  
Alex Lau-Zhu ◽  
Serena J. Counsell ◽  
Anthony David Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Postnatal Depression ◽  
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Maternal History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Timely and accurate detection of perinatal mental health problems is essential for the wellbeing of both mother and child. Growing evidence has suggested that the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is not a unidimensional measure of perinatal depression, but can be used to screen for anxiety disorders.Methods: We aimed to assess the factor structure of the EPDS in 3 different groups of women: n=266 pregnant women at high-risk of depression (“Perinatal Stress Study”), n=471 pregnant women from a community sample, and n=637 early postnatal women from a community sample (“developing Human Connectome Project”). Exploratory factor analysis (40% of each sample) and confirmatory factor analysis (60% of each sample) were performed. The relationship between EPDS scores and history of mental health was investigated. Results: Results suggested that a 3-factor model (depression, anxiety, and anhedonia) is the most appropriate across groups. The anxiety subscale (EPDS 3A) emerged consistently and was related to maternal history of anxiety disorders. Total EPDS score was related to history of mental health problems. Limitations: Although data were collected on maternal history of mental health, there was no standardized diagnostic interview administered to assess the relationship between EPDS 3A and a current diagnosis of anxiety disorder. Conclusions: A better understanding of the multi-factorial structure of the EPDS can inform diagnosis and management of women in the prenatal and postnatal period. The EPDS 3A could be used to provide initial screening information for anxiety in situations where a validated anxiety questionnaire is not administered.

The influence of workplace stress and coping on depressive symptoms among registered nurses in Bangladesh

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reva Mondal ◽  
Yajai Sitthimongkol ◽  
Nopporn Vongsirimas ◽  
Natkamol Chansatitporn ◽  
Kathy Hegadoren
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Workplace Stress ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Workplace Stressors ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Nurses report high levels of workplace stress, which has been linked to an increased risk for experiencing depressive symptoms.Nurses’ workplace stress is also linked to increased absenteeism and decreased job satisfaction. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine: (1) the incidence of depressive symptoms among hospital-based registered nurses in Bangladesh; (2) common sources of workplace stress and their relationships to individual characteristics and depressive symptom scores; and (3) the potential mediating roles of coping strategies in the relationship between workplace stress and depressive symptoms. Methods: A cross-sectional study design involved three hundred and fifty-two registered nurses. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and three standardized tools measuring sources of nurses’ workplace stress, coping strategies, and depressive symptoms. Results: More than half of the participants scored ≥ 16 on the CES-D, which was associated with a major depression episode. Total NSS scores had a small but significant influence on scores on the depression scale. Coping strategies had no mediated effect on the relationship between workplace stress and scores on the depression scale. Low-reliability coefficients for subscales of two of the standardized tools highlight the challenge for researchers in developing countries to address contextual differences that may influence the meanings attached to individual items.  Conclusion: Findings suggest that the mental health of registered nurses in Bangladesh requires immediate attention in part by attending to workplace stressors. Further research should focus on a deeper understanding of Bangladeshi registered nurses’ work experiences and the unique contribution that workplace stressors have on their physical and mental health.

The Mental Health Characteristics of Pregnant Women With Depressive Symptoms Identified by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

2014 ◽  
Vol 75 (04) ◽  
pp. 393-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda B. Lydsdottir ◽  
Louise M. Howard ◽  
Halldora Olafsdottir ◽  
Marga Thome ◽  
Petur Tyrfingsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Postnatal Depression ◽  
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale

The Relationship between Resilience and Mental Health: the Mediating Effect of Positive Emotions

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Zhun Gong ◽  
Lichao Yu ◽  
Jonathan W Schooler
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

<p class="tgt"><em>To investigate the relationship of resilience, positive emotions and mental health, and the relationship of resilience, positive emotion and three sub-dimensions of mental health: self-affirmation, depression and anxiety. In this study, the existing cross-sectional data, select the Beijing Forestry University data as samples. In this study, questionnaire survey a random sample of 199 undergraduate students of Beijing Forestry University, they uniform application three Scale Surveying, PANAS, CD-RISC, GHQ-20. According from the study, (1) resilience, positive mood and general health are related where resilience and positive emotions between the resilience. General psychological health, positive emotions and general mental health</em><em>?</em><em>it is positively correlated. (2) Resilience and self-affirmation exists, positive correlation with depression and anxiety, respectively negative correlation. Between positive emotions and self-affirmation the positive correlation with anxiety negative correlation. (3) Part mediating effect of positive emotions exist between resilience and self-affirmation, resilience can be made to self-affirmation prediction coefficient from 0.042 down to 0.036. Therefore, this study concluded that resilience undergraduates can have an impact on mental health through the intermediary variable positive emotions.</em></p>

scholarly journals Could listening to music during pregnancy be protective against postnatal depression and poor wellbeing post birth? Longitudinal associations from a preliminary prospective cohort study

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. e021251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisy Fancourt ◽  
Rosie Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Prospective Cohort Study ◽  
Postnatal Depression ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Confounding Variables ◽  
Mental Well Being

ObjectivesThis study explored whether listening to music during pregnancy is longitudinally associated with lower symptoms of postnatal depression and higher well-being in mothers post birth.DesignProspective cohort study.ParticipantsWe analysed data from 395 new mothers aged over 18 who provided data in the third trimester of pregnancy and 3 and 6 months later (0–3 and 4–6 months post birth).Primary and secondary outcome measuresPostnatal depression was measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and well-being was measured using the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Our exposure was listening to music and was categorised as ‘rarely; a couple of times a week; every day <1 hour; every day 1–2 hours; every day 3–5 hours; every day 5+hrs’. Multivariable linear regression analyses were carried out to explore the effects of listening to music during pregnancy on depression and well-being post birth, adjusted for baseline mental health and potential confounding variables.ResultsListening during pregnancy is associated with higher levels of well-being (β=0.40, SE=0.15, 95% CI 0.10 to 0.70) and reduced symptoms of postnatal depression (β=−0.39, SE=0.19, 95% CI −0.76 to −0.03) in the first 3 months post birth. However, effects disappear by 4–6 months post birth. These results appear to be particularly found among women with lower levels of well-being and high levels of depression at baseline.ConclusionsListening to music could be recommended as a way of supporting mental health and well-being in pregnant women, in particular those who demonstrate low well-being or symptoms of postnatal depression.

Type a Behavior, Family Health History, and Psychological Distress

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 799-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Nowack
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Family Health History ◽  
Health History ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between Type A behavior and family health history to psychological distress in the face of daily life stress. Measures of stress, Type A behavior, family health history, and psychological distress were collected for 196 employees over 4 mo. Analyses of co-variance showed that Type A individuals experienced significantly more psychological distress than Type Bs. Family health history and stress did not directly affect psychological health status.

scholarly journals Mastery and self-esteem mediate the association between visual acuity and mental health: a population-based longitudinal cohort study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivar M Maaswinkel ◽  
Hilde PA van der Aa ◽  
Ger HMB van Rens ◽  
Aartjan TF Beekman ◽  
Jos WR Twisk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort Study ◽  
Longitudinal Cohort ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sense Of Mastery

Abstract Background: With deteriorating eyesight, people often become dependent on others for many aspects of their daily lives. As a result, they feel less ‘in control’ and experience lower self-esteem. Lower sense of mastery and self-esteem are known to predict depression, but their roles in people with visual impairment have only marginally been investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the influence of mastery and self-esteem on the relationship between visual acuity and mental health.Methods: A longitudinal cohort study was performed using data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA), collected between 2001 and 2012. A community-based population of 2599 older adults (mean age 72 years) were included, who were randomly selected from population registers. Outcomes of interest were the Pearlin Mastery Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Center for Epidemiologic Studies – Depression scale and the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale – Anxiety subscale. Linear mixed models were used to establish the association between visual acuity and mental health over time.Results: Mean age was 72 years, 56% was female and 1.2% qualified as having low vision. Visual impairment was associated with a lower sense of mastery (β = -0.477, p < 0.001), lower self-esteem (β = -0.166, p = 0.008) and more depression (β = 0.235, p < 0.001). No significant association between visual acuity and anxiety was found. The relationship between visual acuity and depression was mediated by self-esteem (25%) and sense of mastery (79%).Conclusions: Vision loss was associated with depression. This association was mediated by self-esteem and sense of mastery. This provides us with new possibilities to identify, support and treat those at risk for developing depression by aiming to increase their self-esteem and sense of mastery.

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