The Effect of Breastfeeding Counseling to Primiparaous Mother on Duration of Breastfeeding, Postpartum Depression and Quality of Life

Postpartum depression is commonly experienced by women, which postpartum can be very distressing for the mother and interfere with normal maternal-infant bonding and adversely affect child development. Recent reports show that most affected pregnant women are hesitant about taking antidepressant drugs, with a high percentage discontinuing their use, specically due to stigma as well as lack of awareness about this condition. In this article, a case of postpartum depression, treated successfully with homeopathy, is presented, wherein the patient got better not just in symptoms, but improved in quality of life, withing a short span of 3-4weeks without any use of antidepressants or structured psychotherapy.

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Influence of Breastfeeding on The Early Aged Children’s Health and Ql Indicators

10.21203/rs.3.rs-178227/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marina Ararat Mardiyan ◽

Siranush Ashot Mkrtchyan ◽

Razmik Ashot Dunamalyan ◽

Karine Hrant Simonyan ◽

Hayk Vachagan Harutyunyan

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Health Condition ◽

Significant Difference ◽

One Year ◽

Duration Of Breastfeeding ◽

The Cost ◽

Effective Public Health ◽

The Given

Abstract Background: Promotion and coverage of breastfeeding are considered to be the cost-effective public health measures in terms of Healthcare System. The aim of the research is to assess an influence of breastfeeding on infants’ health and quality of life (QL) parameters.Methods: This observational prospective study included 1790 newborns selected from Yerevan State Medical University’s Polyclinics (“Mouratsan” (sample=746) and “Heratsi” ” (sample=1044)). Data collection took a period between January 2016 and December 2017. Evaluation of children’s quality of life was performed with the help of the validated and adapted QUALIN questionnaire. The data related to child’s health condition were collected from the “Child Development History” cards available at the polyclinics of the investigated area.Results: Among 1770 one year old children 1681 were ever breastfed, 1224 (69.1%) were exclusively breastfed up to 3 months, the median duration of breastfeeding was 6 -7 months, 45% ≥ 6 months, 15% ≥ 1 year. There is a significant difference between the QL scores of the ever breastfed and the never breastfed subgroups. Duration of the breastfeeding also have an influence on QL scores.Conclusions: The given study’s results confirm that breastfeeding among the early aged Armenian children is of great importance in their health, influencing on quality of life and morbidity rates.

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Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Early Postpartum Women

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18062988 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 2988

Author(s):

Yu-Jeong Jeong ◽

Ju-Hee Nho ◽

Hye Young Kim ◽

Ji Young Kim

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Postpartum Depression ◽

Postpartum Period ◽

Explanatory Power ◽

Postpartum Women ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Marital Intimacy ◽

Early Postpartum ◽

Postpartum Fatigue

Postpartum women experience various changes in their physical and psychological health and in their relationships with their spouse and newborn. This study aimed to identify and evaluate the factors that affect the quality of life (QoL) of women within six weeks after childbirth. A prospective, cross-sectional correlational study was used. A convenience sample of 179 postpartum women was recruited from four postpartum care centers in South Korea. Participants completed structured questionnaires on postpartum fatigue, postpartum depression, marital intimacy, breastfeeding adaptation, and quality of life. Marital intimacy (β = 0.466, p < 0.001) was the most influencing factor on the QoL of women during the postpartum period. In descending order, postpartum fatigue (β = −0.192, p = 0.001), postpartum depression (β = −0.190, p = 0.001), breastfeeding adaptation (β = 0.163, p = 0.002), and occupation (β = 0.163, p = 0.004) all had a significant influence on QoL (F = 32.09, p < 0.001), and the overall explanatory power was 63.6%. It is necessary to assess and consider the physical, psychological, relational, and demographic factors of women during the early postpartum period. Comprehensive interventions need to be developed to improve the QoL of women during the postpartum period.

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Effects of Home Visits and Planned Education on Mothers’ Postpartum Depression and Quality of Life

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations ◽

10.5799/jcei.458759 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Sukran Ertekin Pinar ◽

Havva Tel ◽

Gulseren Daglar

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Postpartum Depression ◽

Home Visits

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The Gardening Activities to Reduce Postpartum Stress in Japanese Postpartum Women: Preliminary Evidence from Pilot Single-Arm Trial Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-29706/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Yuka Kotozaki

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Postpartum Depression ◽

Psychological Health ◽

World Health ◽

Secondary Outcome ◽

Postpartum Women ◽

World Health Organization Quality ◽

Post Test

Abstract Objective There is a need for safer and more effective programs to address postpartum women's mental health dysfunction. The objective of this study was to clarify the effects on mental health, including postpartum depression, by implementing Japanese postpartum women with gardening activities by a pilot single-arm trial. Results 15 women about a year after giving birth, recruited through newspaper advertisements, took part in this pilot study. I used the Japanese version of Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) score as the primary outcome measure. Secondary outcome measures were parenting stress, anxiety, and quality of life (QOL). Data collected at pre and post-test were analyzed using a paired t test. The EPDS, stress regarding parents, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)-state, and STAI-trait of post-test were significant decreased than pre-test (p < 0.05). Also, physical health and psychological health of the World Health Organization Quality of life 26 (WHOQOL-26) of post-test were significantly increased than pre-test (p < 0.05). The gardening activity might be promising for mitigating depressive mood in postpartum women.

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Impact of postpartum depression on quality of life

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1844 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. s901-s902 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R. Feki ◽

I. Feki ◽

D. Trigui ◽

I. Baâti ◽

R. Sallemi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Postpartum Depression ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Well Being ◽

World Health ◽

Postpartum Women ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

World Health Organization Quality ◽

The Mean

IntroductionWomen during the postpartum period experience many physiological, psychological, and social changes. Quality of life (QOL) is a sense of well-being and arises from satisfaction or dissatisfaction with various aspects of life including health, employment, socioeconomic state, psychological-emotional state, and family.ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to identify influence of childbirth experience and postpartum depression on QOL.MethodsThis is a descriptive cross-sectional study regarding 150 postpartum women receiving cares in the hospital of Sfax and examined during the first and the sixth week post-delivery. Data collection tools in this study were demographic questionnaire, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and world health organization quality of life-bref (WHOQOL-bref). Data were analyzed using SPSS.ResultsThe mean age of our sample (n = 150) was 29.61 years. During the sixth week study period, 126 of 150 were examined.A personal psychiatric history of depression was found in 9.3% of cases.The current pregnancy was undesired in 15.3% of cases.The prevalence of postpartum depression in the first week was 14.7% and 19.8% in the sixth week after delivery.The mean score of quality of life was 81.62 ± 9.09.Scores of quality of life and all its dimensions were significantly lower in depressive women.ConclusionBecause enormous changes develop in postpartum women, we suggest supportive measures for mother by her mother-in-law family, and caregivers to improve the QOL and health status of the mother and her child and to prevent postpartum depression.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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