Abstract
Introduction and Background: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020), “postpartum depression is depression that occurs after having a baby which is more intense and lasts longer than those of “baby blues,” a term used to describe the worry, sadness, and tiredness many women experience after having a baby.” It also states, “1 in 8 women report symptoms of depression after giving birth, about 1 in 5 (20%) women were not asked about depression during a prenatal visit, and over half (50%) of pregnant women with depression were not treated.”
Purpose Statement: The purpose of this research is to investigate the connection between preventing postpartum depression or reducing postpartum depression with exercise interventions along with incorporating nursing and other healthcare professions.
Literature Review: The design of studies included two randomized control trials, one randomized control trial with a prospective pretest-posttest experimental design, one cross-sectional descriptive design, and a population-based, prospective cohort design. These five articles were found through PubMed, Google Scholar, and the ETSU library database.
Findings: Exercise interventions are beneficial to reduce postpartum depression symptoms. Nurses specifically can utilize this data to assist women with postpartum depression symptoms and provide better education throughout pregnancy and early postpartum to help prevent postpartum depressive symptoms.
Conclusions: Future research is suggested to focus on the mode, frequency, intensity, and duration to describe the volume of physical activity in a given time frame that is needed to affect postpartum depression.
Keywords: exercise, postpartum depression, nursing
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:es-conf-1046 |
| Date | 14 April 2022 |
| Creators | Whaley, Greyson |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference |
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