1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Ante-Post Partum Depression and Nursing Investigation

Research Project

Project/Area Number	09672430
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Nursing
Research Institution	Saitama Prefectural University (1999) Saitama Prefectural University. Junior College (1997-1998)
Principal Investigator	MIYAJI Fumiko Saitama Prefectural University, Department of Nursing, School of Health and Services, Professor, 保健医療福祉学部・看護学科, 教授 (60122975)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	SEKI Miyuki Saitama Prefectural University, Department of Community Health Nursing, Junior College, Instructor, 保健医療福祉学部・看護学科, 助手 (40299847) WATANABE Yoshie Saitama Prefectural University, Department of Community Health Nursing, Junior College, Instructor, 保健医療福祉学部・看護学科, 助手 (20289820) YAMASHITA Mineko Saitama Prefectural University, Department of Community Health Nursing, Junior College, Professor, 短期大学部・専攻科・地域看護学専攻, 教授 (60301850)
Project Period (FY)	1997 – 1999
Keywords	Depression / Expectant mothers / Mothers of small children / Social support / Child-rearing consciousness / Worries of mothers about child-rearing / Life-style / Nursing intervention
Research Abstract	Further investigation was made with two groups of mother-child pairs: one group consisted of 7 mother-child pair; who had good health since the birth of the child; another group consisted of 5 mother-child pair who had some health problems since the birth. The study was to investigate depression in mothers who had small children. Factors that appeared to be associated with depression were sought. 139 subjects were recruited from 3 sites from 2 cities, one from the parenting class, another from the health-checkup at 3-4 months, and another from the nursery. One-way Analysis of Variance revealed that the following factors were found to be independently associated with depression in mothers who had small children: martial satisfaction, social support, child-rearing consciousness, life-style and child-rearing responsibility Each of the above factors was further examined in relation to each item question of the depression scale. Nursing action was designed for both groups so that they could receive appropriate social support depending on different circumstances.