Evaluation of Newborn Mothers’ Status of Bonding to the Baby, Experiencing Depression, and Associated Factors
Journal Title: The Medical Journal of Bakırköy - Year 2019, Vol 15, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate newly delivered mothers’ status of bonding to their babies, their status of experiencing depression following delivery.and associated factors. Methods: The study was descriptive and sectional-type; and performed in a public hospital between February 1 and April 1 2015. Sample of the study was composed of 150 women who approved to participate in the study during this time interval. Participant information form. Mother to Infant Bonding Scale and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale were used as data collection tools. Data were collected by face-to-face interview technique. Kruskal Wallis. Mann-Whitney U, student-t test and correlation analysis were used for statistical analysis of the data. Results: It was found that mean score of women from mother-to-infant bonding scale was 1.13±1.81.mean score from depression scale was 8.12±4.85 and 16.7% of the women were within the risk group for depression. A statistically significant difference was detected between mother to infant bonding status of women in the study and their status of willingness at last pregnancy (p<0.05) (p=0.043); whereas no statistically significant differences were observed between mother-to-infant bonding status and mother’s education. mother’s occupation, family type, eager marriage, number of pregnancy and the gender of the baby (p>0.05). There was a significant difference between women’s status of getting support from their spouses during the pregnancy and experiencing depression (p<0.05) (p=0.03). It was found that there was a positive and weak correlation between women’s status of experiencing depression and the level of mother-to-infant bonding; and the level of mother to infant bonding increased as the level of depression increased (p=0.09, r=0.21). Conclusion: Mother to infant bonding rates of the women in the study were found to be high; and it was determined that eager pregnancy strengthened the bond between the mother and the baby, support taken from the spouse during pregnancy affected the level of depression, and the level of mother-to-infant bonding increased as the level of depression increased.
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Aysel Topan, Serap Demirel, Işın Alkan, Tülay Kuzlu, Ayyıldız Sevda Doğru
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- DOI 10.4274/BTDMJB.galenos.2018.20180502104645
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