Study about continuation support to a mother in early stage after leaving

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23660122
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Hiroshima Cosmopolitan University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGUCHI fumi 広島都市学園大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (60352051)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FUJINO Narumi 佐賀大学, 医学部保健学科, 教授 (70289601)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): FUJINO Narumi 広島大学, 保健学研究科, 教授 (80177344)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 母子保健

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study aimed to longitudinally study mothers’ postpartum depression and discuss needs for postnatal care. Subjects were parturient women attending to Obstetrics-and-Gynecology clinics/hospitals. We conducted an anonymous self-check questionnaire survey on living difficulties and needs for support in addition to depressive tendency with Japanese version EPDS. We also performed logistic regression analysis, setting “Positive Depressive Tendency” as a dependent variable and questions on family situation and living difficulties, etc. as independent variables.c
Subjects were 101 mothers with valid response out of 170 (Response rate: 59.4%). Depression was reported by 19.8% on the 5th day after delivery and 20.8%　after 2 weeks. In contrast to the subjects influenced by their own feelings and physical conditions on the 5th day, mothers on the 14th day suffered mental troubles due to living environment and child-rearing care and primiparas tended to show more depression.

Free Research Field

医歯薬