Effects of Breast-Feeding Adaptation and Quality of Sleep on Postpartum Depression in Puerperal Women
10.21896/jksmch.2019.23.3.162
- Author:
Chae Yeon LEE
1
;
Hun Ha CHO
Author Information
1. Yeon & Nature Women's Clinic, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Puerperium period;
Postpartum depression;
Breast feeding;
Sleep
- MeSH:
Breast Feeding;
Depression;
Depression, Postpartum;
Depressive Disorder;
Female;
Gyeongsangnam-do;
Humans;
Korea;
Nursing;
Postpartum Period;
Pregnancy;
Pregnant Women
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2019;23(3):162-174
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study aimed to provide preliminary data for a nursing intervention plan for puerperal women to reduce postpartum depression by investigating factors that affect depressive disorder during the puerperal period. METHODS: A total of 153 pregnant women were recruited from a university hospital in Gimhae city in Korea. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires. RESULTS: Mothers' quality of sleep, breast-feeding confidence, discomfort with breastfeeding, depressive feeling during pregnancy, and baby's feeding capability and growth were significant predictors of postpartum depression. These variables explained 36.1% of the variance in postpartum depression in puerperal women. CONCLUSION: The aforementioned results indicate that puerperal women are less likely to experience postpartum depression when their quality of sleep is higher, breast-feeding confidence is higher, discomfort with breast-feeding is lower, when they did not feel depressed during pregnancy, and when baby's feeding capability and growth is better. Therefore, to decrease puerperal women's depression, a nursing intervention program and a research study to verify the effects of the program are necessary to increase mother's sleep quality and breast-feeding adaptation and prevent depression during pregnancy.
