Development of the shaken baby syndrome prevention program centered on improving caregivers' mental health

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K11047
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58070:Lifelong developmental nursing-related
• Research Institution: Nippon Sport Science University
• Principal Investigator: Okamoto Miwako 日本体育大学, 児童スポーツ教育学部, 教授 (70435262)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 乳幼児揺さぶられ症候群 / メンタルヘルス / 子育て支援 / 子どもの泣き / 介入 / 初産婦 / 経産婦 / 産褥期

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to develop a new SBS prevention programme that may contribute to improving mothers' mental health and to test its effectiveness. The content of the programme consists of Parent-Child Interaction, Understanding Child Development, Play & Skinship, Crying is a Signal, Coping with Crying, Rest Recommendations, Partner Support and Infant Shaken Syndrome. The results of the validation by intervention showed that scores on items related to knowledge and responses to prevent SBS increased after the intervention. In addition, the assessment of mothers' mood showed significantly lower values in POMS 'anger－hostility' and 'confusion－bewilderment ', which contributed to the improvement of women's mental health in the early postpartum period.

Free Research Field

リプロダクティブヘルス看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究における学術的意義は、既に国内で実施されているSBS予防プログラムに母親のメンタルヘルス改善に寄与する内容や子どもの泣きを識別し要求に沿った対処の仕方を包含した新たなSBS予防プログラムを開発しその有効性を検証したことにある。有効性が認められたことにより、国内の両親学級、退院指導、育児学級等広く臨床現場において、出産後の生活を見通した子育て支援が可能になる点である。