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KMID : 1004620090150030157
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Clinical Nursing Research
2009 Volume.15 No. 3 p.157 ~ p.170
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The Effects of Supportive Nursing Management on Postpartum Depression of Mothers with Premature Infants
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Kim Eun-Sook
Kim Eun-Young
Lee Ji-Yeon
Kim Jin-Kyoung
Lee Hyun-Ju
Lee Seung-Hee
Kim Ji-Young
Won Ha-Yeon
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Abstract
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Purpose: This quasi-experimental study was conducted to investigate the effects of supportive nursing management on postpartum depression in the mothers with premature infants.
Methods: The subjects were 21 mothers who delivered premature babies in a university hospital. The experimental group of 10 mothers was provided with supportive nursing management program by nurses in neonatal ICU and the control group of 11 mothers was provided with usual management only. The designed programs were given 4 times to the experimental group while their babies were hospitalized, and telephone consultation was provided 3 times after discharge. The stress, anxiety, identity, support from their husbands & family members, and postpartum depression were measured 3 times using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (the 4th day of premature’s hospitalization, the day of discharge and the day of 4 weeks after discharge).
Results: There was no significant difference in general characteristics and the influential factors of postpartum depression between the two groups, so they were homogeneous. There was no significant difference in depression (F=0.01, p=.917). However there was significant difference over time (F=6.74, p=.003) and the interaction between measurement time and treatment (F=3.59, p=.037).
Conclusion: The supportive nursing management on postpartum depression of mothers with premature infants is considered effective and useful in reducing postpartum depression. Further research is warranted to investigate paternal depression and the program’s long-term effects.
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KEYWORD
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Supportive nursing management, Mothers with premature infant, Postpartum depression
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