Husbands' experiences on their partners' postpartum depression in Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463470
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Yamamoto Hiroe 名古屋大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (80251073)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 産後うつ / 家族 / 子育て / メンタルヘルス / 多職種連携

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to identify husbands'experiences on their partners'postpartum depression(PPD) for supporting family with new born babies in Japan.Semi-structures interviews were conducted with four men whose partners had experienced PPD in Japan, 2012-2014.The interviews explored how they were aware of and perceived their partner's depression.Data were analyzed using qualitative descriptive approach.
The husbands'age were 35-61 years old and their children's age were 1M to 12 years old at this study.They felt that their partner's experience of PPD had significantly affected their life. Their awareness of partners’ PPD was consisted of three categories: “difficulty of their partners’ emotional control”, “feeling of strangeness” and “their partners’ verbal expression”.Their perception was consisted of four categories: “ little minor trouble for my wife”,“helpless feeling”,“out of ideas” and “hopeless”．However, no one aware of physical symptoms of their partners'PPD.

Free Research Field

生涯発達看護学（家族看護学）