Il a été démontré dans plusieurs études épidémiologiques qu’il existe un risque important de dépression chez les femmes souffrant d'asthme en dehors de la grossesse. Cependant, on en connait peu sur l'association entre l'asthme pendant la grossesse et la dépression post-partum. Par conséquent, le but de cette étude était de quantifier la force de l’association entre l'asthme pendant la grossesse et la dépression post-partum. À l’aide des bases de données administratives du Québec, nous avons construit une cohorte de 35,520 grossesses de femmes asthmatiques et 197,057 grossesses de femmes non asthmatiques qui ont accouchées entre 1998 et 2009. Les femmes asthmatiques ont été identifiées à l'aide d’une définition opérationnelle validée. Nous avons utilisé la définition de Statistiques Canada pour détecter la dépression post-partum. Cette définition se base sur les codes diagnostics de la dépression enregistrés dans les bases de données de la RAMQ et de MED-ECHO dans l’année suivant l’accouchement. Un modèle d'équations généralisées a été utilisé pour estimer les ratios de cotes (RC) brutes et ajustés et les intervalles de confiance (IC) à 95% entre l’asthme pendant la grossesse et la dépression post-partum. La proportion de femmes ayant eu une dépression post-partum au cours de l’année suivant l’accouchement était plus élevée chez les asthmatiques que chez les non-asthmatiques (6,1% contre 2,9%). Après ajustement pour les variables potentiellement confondantes, nous avons observé que les femmes asthmatiques étaient 58% plus susceptibles de souffrir de dépression post-partum que les femmes non-asthmatiques (RC ajusté : 1,58 ; IC 95%, 1,50 à 1,67). Les résultats de notre étude suggèrent un risque accru de dépression post-partum chez les femmes asthmatiques. Une attention particulière devrait être accordée aux symptômes dépressifs chez les femmes asthmatiques dans l’année suivant l’accouchement pour détecter la dépression post-partum plus rapidement et intervenir plus efficacement. / There is evidence from several epidemiological studies on the increased risk of depression among women with asthma outside of pregnancy. However, we found no studies designed to investigate the association between asthma during pregnancy and postpartum depression. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the association between asthma during pregnancy and postpartum depression. Based on Quebec administrative databases, we constructed a cohort of 35,520 pregnancies from asthmatic women and 197,057 pregnancies from non-asthmatic women who delivered between 1998 and 2009. Asthmatic women were identified using a validated operational definition. Postpartum depression was defined and specified with diagnostic codes for depression from the definition of Statistics Canada recorded in the RAMQ or MED-ECHO databases and assessed 1 year postpartum. A generalized estimating equation model was used to estimate the crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of postpartum depression and 95% confidence intervals (CI) comparing women with and without asthma during pregnancy. The proportion of postpartum depression 1 year after delivery was higher among asthmatic compared to non-asthmatic pregnant women (6.1% vs. 2.9%). After adjusting for potential confounders, we observed that women with asthma were 58% more likely to have postpartum depression (adjusted OR: 1.58; 95%CI, 1.50-1.67) than women without asthma during pregnancy. The findings of our study suggest an increased risk of postpartum depression among asthmatic women. Attention should be given to depressive symptoms in asthmatic women in the year postpartum to detect postpartum depression more rapidly and intervene more efficiently.

Depression with peripartum onset, which was previously called maternal depression, or postpartum depression, is common among many pregnant women. The condition increases impairment in maintaining relationships, self-esteem, and parenting skills. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore how mothers who have experienced peripartum onset (postpartum) depression perceive their social support and their ability to parent effectively. The conceptual framework was based on Albert Bandura’s self-efficacy theory. Convenience and snowball sampling were both used to obtain 6 research participants who were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone. Participants shared their experiences with depression, perceptions of social support, and how both influenced their parenting efficacy. Two cycles of coding were used: initial and focus coding. Key themes of this research study were mother’s age of onset with depression, symptoms, coping strategies, supports received, results of social supports, recommendations to other mothers, and effects of depression on parenting. The results were that mothers’ depression negatively affected parenting, which resulted in receiving social supports such as postpartum trainings, talk therapy, and psychotherapy (counseling). This study may help to close the gap and extend the literature by exploring the influence of peripartum onset (postpartum) depression on parenting. Implications for positive social change may include more direction in how human services professionals address mothers during their pregnancy or postpregnancy related to peripartum onset (postpartum) depression.

Bakgrund: ​Förlossningsdepression är ett tillstånd som drabbar upp till 15 procent av kvinnor i              Sverige efter förlossning. Obehandlat kan tillståndet medföra negativa konsekvenser för både           kvinnans och barnets hälsa. Barnmorskan har en viktig roll i att tidigt fånga upp kvinnor som                utvecklat eller är i risk för att utveckla en förlossningsdepression. ​Syfte: ​Att beskriva kvinnors              upplevelser av att genomgå en förlossningsdepression. ​Metod: ​Kvalitativ metasyntes med en           metaetnografiskanalysmetod.Datainsamlinghargenomförtsitredatabaser;PubMed,CINAHLoch           PsycInfo. Totalt ingår 17 artiklar i metasyntesens resultat, där samtliga genomgått en            kvalitetsgranskning. ​Resultat:​Fyra teman identifierades;​En identitet i förändring, En ny roll som             moder, En förhindrad anknytning och En känslomässig storm. ​Slutsats: ​Under en           förlossningsdepression upplever kvinnor känslor av identitetsförlust, svårigheter att anpassa sig till           modersrollen, problem i anknytning med barnet samt en känslomässig berg- och dalbana.            Barnmorskan har en betydande roll i förebyggandet och tidig upptäckt av förlossningsdepression.            Klinisk tillämpbarhet:​Metasyntesen kan användas av barnmorskor inommödrahälsovården,som          utgångspunkt och stöd i förbättringsarbete av vård för kvinnor som utvecklat eller är i risk för att                 utveckla en förlossningsdepression. / Background: Postpartum depression is a condition that affects up to 15 percent of women in               Sweden after childbirth. Untreated, this condition can have a negative effect on the health of both                the woman and the child. Midwives have an important role in identifying women who have               developed or are at risk of developing postpartum depression. ​Aim: ​To describe women's             experiences of postpartum depression. ​Method: ​Qualitative metasynthesis with metaethnographic         analysis method. Data was collected through three databases; PubMed, CINAHL and PsycInfo. A             total of 17 articles are included in the result of this metasynthesis, of which all of them passed a                   thorough quality critique.​Results: Four themes were identified;Achangingidentity,Anewroleas               a mother, A hindered bondingandAnemotionalstorm.​Conclusion:​Duringpostpartumdepression             women experience feelingsoflosingtheiridentity,difficultiesadaptingtomotherhood,problemsin             bonding with the child as well as a rollercoaster of emotions.Themidwifehasanimportantrolein                  prevention and early identification of postpartum depression. ​Clinical implications: This          metasynthesis can be used by midwives working in maternity care, as atooltoimprovethequality                 of care for women who have developed or are at risk of developing postpartum depression.

Objective: Social support and religious commitment were examined in relation to antenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms in a prospective, longitudinal study to determine whether religious commitment explained variance in depression scores beyond that accounted for by social support. Background: Social support and religiosity are positively related to good mental/physical health, and depression is related to poor health outcomes in pregnancy and postpartum. It was hypothesised that social support and religious commitment would be inversely related to depressive symptoms, and that religious commitment would predict variance in depression scores over and above social support. Methods: In 106 mostly low SES Appalachian pregnant women, social support and religious commitment were measured during the first trimester. First and third trimester (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale – 10 item version), and 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale) depression symptoms were measured. Hierarchical regression examined relative contributions of social support (Prenatal Psychosocial Profile) and religious commitment (Religious Surrender and Attendance Scale – 3 Item Version) to depressive symptoms at each time point while controlling for education and marital status. Results: Regression results indicated that social support and religious commitment explained 10–18% and 0–3% of the variability in depression scores, respectively. Conclusion: Both social support (all time points) and religious commitment (only at 6 months postpartum) were inversely related to depression. Pregnant women low in social support and postpartum women low in social support or religious commitment may be at increased risk for depression.

Purpose: This study was initiated to verify whether a remarkably high rate of postpartum depression (PPD), previously found in immigrant Hispanic women receiving health care at a community clinic, would also be found in a community sample with a similar demographic. Data Sources: Sixty immigrant Hispanic women who had recently given birth were recruited from local community settings. The Beck Postpartum Depression Screening Scale-Spanish version (PPDS-S) and the General Acculturation Index (GAI) were used to screen for PPD symptoms and to collect demographic data. These data were then compared with previously published data from the community clinic sample. Conclusions: Sixty percent of the immigrant Hispanic women in our community sample showed significant PPD symptoms as scored on the Beck PPDS-S. There was no significant difference found in demographics or in types of PPD symptoms between the clinic sample and the community sample. Of all the demographic data, the only statistically significant positive predictive factor for increased PPD symptoms was having a previous history of depression. In addition, 54% of the sample had an elevated symptom content profile score for suicidal thinking. Implications for Practice: Health practitioners should be aware of a potentially high rate of PPD in this population, especially in light of previously studied increased rates of suicide attempts in Latinas. If a prior history of depression is predictive of PPD, it is possible that many of the mothers in our sample suffered from depression prior to the postpartum period, but were not appropriately diagnosed or treated. Recommendations for outreach and further research are discussed. In particular, further research regarding the prenatal prevalence of depression in immigrant Hispanic women is recommended in order to further understand the high incidence of PPD.

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The lived experiences of previously infertile mothers in the early postpartum period have not been previously studied. The purpose of the research was to explore the experiences of previously infertile mothers during their early postpartum period. Colaizzi’s (1978) approach to descriptive phenomenological inquiry was used to analyze the interview data obtained from twelve first-time, previously infertile mothers. These new mothers, aged 27 to 43 years, were interviewed twice. The first interview focused on eliciting descriptions of new motherhood in the early postpartum period after overcoming infertility. The second interview validated the interpretations from the first interview and provided additional information and reflection. Two main themes emerged that described the early postpartum experience of first-time, previously infertile mothers: 1) Lingering Identity as Infertile; and 2) Gratitude for the Gift of Motherhood. Participants reported that their lingering identity as infertile and immense gratitude for the gift of motherhood propelled them to establish unrealistic expectations to be the perfect mother. When they were unable to live up to being the perfect mother, they censored their feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and shame. Findings from this study sensitize healthcare providers to the difficulties faced by previously infertile women during their transition to motherhood.

The present study aimed to explore the objective and subjective experiences of “mistreatment” in maternity care in a diverse cohort of women who gave birth in New York City hospitals to identify the prevalence and risk factors of mistreatment and measure the relationship between mistreatment and mental health (Bohren et al., 2015). The study utilized a mixed-methods cross-sectional approach. To collect the quantitative data, 109 participants <1 year postpartum completed an anonymous online survey comprising a self-report measure of demographic, health and mental health information, several mental health questionnaires and two measures of mistreatment in maternity care. 8 of these participants were interviewed about their childbirth experience. The quantitative data was analyzed utilizing linear regression, moderation analysis and path analysis, and the qualitative data was thematically coded then analyzed using Reflexive Thematic (RT) analysis. These data were then triangulated using a mixed-methods model of mistreatment. In total, 10-15% of the sample experienced mistreatment in the form of Low to Very Low respect and/or autonomy in decision making in their maternity care. Forms of mistreatment included unwanted procedures, provider pressure to undergo procedures, dismissal of women’s concerns, racial discrimination, abandonment, and medical neglect. Approximately 25% of respondents received an unwanted intervention; this was the most significant predictor of mistreatment. This relationship was moderated by race, parity and birth plan. Black, Latinx and Hispanic women experienced the lowest levels of respect in maternity care. Mistreatment in maternity care was correlated with increased risk for postpartum mental illness: decreased respect and autonomy in childbirth was associated with increased postpartum depression and PTSD symptoms. Eight themes were identified in the qualitative analysis: Discrimination and Unfair Treatment, Confusion and Abandonment, Disregard for Patient Autonomy, Hospital-Level Drivers of Mistreatment, Women Treated as Passive, Normalization of Mistreatment, Self-Advocacy and Vulnerability and, Reclaiming Power through Knowledge. Together, the triangulated mixed- methods data were fit to render a comprehensive “model of mistreatment” to illustrate direct and indirect relationships between mistreatment, mental health, race, trauma history, and childbirth preparation. These findings demonstrate that mistreatment is a multi-determined phenomenon that is interdependent with mental health and requires systematic measurement in healthcare treatment, the integration of anti-racist and patient-centered care and improved childbirth education for patients.

This study addressed the long-standing crisis of Black severe maternal morbidity in the U.S., while the COVID-19 pandemic led to even worse outcomes. The purpose of the study was to identify significant predictors of the quality of patient-provider relationships during a birth hospitalization. The sample of Black women (N=182) gave moderate ratings for quality of patient provider relationships, and for level of trust, rapport, and communication with providers. Providers were rated as having a fair level of cultural sensitivity, competence, and humility—while 30.2% rated them as poor. For experiences of racism, discrimination and inequities in service delivery, combining categories of a “few times” and “many times,” 53.3% felt racially stereotyped or treated like a racial stereotype, 52.5% were treated with less respect than a White woman would have been, 39.7% were verbally abused or yelled at, 43.8% were scolded, ridiculed, mocked, and shamed, 47.2% felt belittled and put down, 42.7% felt threatened, coerced, lied to, and manipulated, and 46% felt their pain was not managed the same way as for a White woman. Women entered the hospital with risk factors of cardiovascular disease (20.3%), hypertension (23.6%), obesity (18.1%), and diabetes (13.7%). Further, 74.2% had COVID-19 in the past two years, 25.8% had long COVID-19, 34.1% had COVID-19 during their pregnancy, and 34.1% had COVID-19 at delivery. Medical events during their delivery hospitalization included hemorrhage (40.7%), blood clot (25.3%), and a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (25.3%). Women had high rates (over 75%) of past year depression, anxiety, and trauma—with 68.1% receiving counseling; and higher rates (over 85%) the year post-partum—with 76.9% receiving counseling. Noteworthy significant predictors of a higher quality of patient-provider relationships were higher education, higher trust/ rapport/ communication with providers, and lower global racism/ discrimination/ inequities during service delivery—while entering the hospital with lower risk factors for pregnancy-related complications (69.8% of variance predicted). The study contributes to literature on the crisis of severe maternal morbidity for Black women in the U.S, as well as factors that need to be addressed to reduce it, while offering a cache of culturally appropriate measures for ongoing research.

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