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Antecedentes: La depresión postparto es un problema de alta prevalencia que impacta en la vinculación afectiva de la madre con su hijo(a). El contacto piel con piel se define como el contacto del recién nacido seco y desnudo, en posición prona sobre el pecho desnudo de su madre, cubierto por su espalda con una manta tibia, inmediatamente ocurrido el parto durante al menos una hora. Objetivo: Examinar la relación entre el contacto piel con piel y la incidencia de síntomas depresivos en mujeres con embarazos de bajo riesgo obstétrico. Pacientes y Método: Estudio analítico prospectivo de 393 puérperas de bajo riesgo obstétrico que evaluó sintomatología depresiva puerperal y su asociación con variables bio-sociodemográficas y características del contacto piel con piel como variable en estudio. Los datos se recolectaron a través de un cuestionario a las 24-48 h postparto y un seguimiento telefónico para pesquisar síntomas depresivos a través de la Escala de Depresión de Edimburgo a las 8 sem postparto. Resultados: Se reporta una incidencia de 29% de síntomas depresivos. El análisis mostró que el contacto piel con piel y el inicio precoz del amamantamiento están asociado significativamente con la ausencia de sintomatología depresiva postparto. Conclusión: El contacto piel con piel fue la única variable en este estudio capaz de explicar la ausencia de síntomas depresivos en mujeres que cursaron embarazos de bajo riesgo obstétrico. Se sugiere su implementación como estrategia preventiva.
Background: Postpartum depression can interfere with bonding between the mother and the child. The skin-to-skin contact is defined as the contact of the new-born, dry and naked, prone on the mother's bare chest and with a warm blanket placed across the infant's back; this contact takes place immediately after delivery, for at least an hour. Objective: To examine the relationship between skin-to-skin contact and the incidence of depressive symptoms in women with low risk pregnancies. Patients and Method: A prospective analytical study was performed in 393 postpartum women with low obstetric risk in order to evaluate the postpartum depressive symptomatology and its association with biodemographic and skin-to-skin contact variables. Data were collected through a questionnaire at 24 to 48 hours postpartum and through telephone follow-up, at 8 weeks postpartum, in order to screen depressive symptoms using the Edinburgh Depression Scale. Results: 29% of women reported depressive symptoms. The analysis showed that skin-to-skin contact and early initiation of breastfeeding are significantly associated with the absence of postpartum depressive symptomatology. Conclusion: Skin-to-skin contact was the only variable in this study that can explain the absence of depressive symptoms in women with low risk pregnancies. Skin-to-skin contact implementation is suggested as a preventive strategy.
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Antecedentes: La depresión postparto es un problema de alta prevalencia que impacta en la vinculación afectiva de la madre con su hijo(a). El contacto piel con piel se define como el contacto del recién nacido seco y desnudo, en posición prona sobre el pecho desnudo de su madre, cubierto por su espalda con una manta tibia, inmediatamente ocurrido el parto durante al menos una hora. Objetivo: Examinar la relación entre el contacto piel con piel y la incidencia de síntomas depresivos en mujeres con embarazos de bajo riesgo obstétrico. Pacientes y Método: Estudio analítico prospectivo de 393 puérperas de bajo riesgo obstétrico que evaluó sintomatología depresiva puerperal y su asociación con variables bio-sociodemográficas y características del contacto piel con piel como variable en estudio. Los datos se recolectaron a través de un cuestionario a las 24-48 h postparto y un seguimiento telefónico para pesquisar síntomas depresivos a través de la Escala de Depresión de Edimburgo a las 8 sem postparto. Resultados: Se reporta una incidencia de 29 por ciento de síntomas depresivos. El análisis mostró que el contacto piel con piel y el inicio precoz del amamantamiento están asociado significativamente con la ausencia de sintomatología depresiva postparto. Conclusión: El contacto piel con piel fue la única variable en este estudio capaz de explicar la ausencia de síntomas depresivos en mujeres que cursaron embarazos de bajo riesgo obstétrico. Se sugiere su implementación como estrategia preventiva.
Background: Postpartum depression can interfere with bonding between the mother and the child. The skin-to-skin contact is defined as the contact of the newborn, dry and naked, prone on the mother's bare chest and with a warm blanket placed across the infant's back; this contact takes place immediately after delivery, for at least an hour. Objective: To examine the relationship between skin-to-skin contact and the incidence of depressive symptoms in women with low risk pregnancies. Patients and Method: A prospective analytical study was performed in 393 postpartum women with low obstetric risk in order to evaluate the postpartum depressive symptomatology and its association with biodemographic and skin-to-skin contact variables. Data were collected through a questionnaire at 24 to 48 hours postpartum and through telephone follow-up, at 8 weeks postpartum, in order to screen depressive symptoms using the Edinburgh Depression Scale. Results: 29 percent of women reported depressive symptoms. The analysis showed that skin-to-skin contact and early initiation of breastfeeding are significantly associated with the absence of postpartum depressive symptomatology. Conclusion: Skin-to-skin contact was the only variable in this study that can explain the absence of depressive symptoms in women with low risk pregnancies. Skin-to-skin contact implementation is suggested as a preventive strategy.
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Humans , Adult , Female , Infant, Newborn , Depression, Postpartum/prevention & control , Depression, Postpartum/psychology , Object Attachment , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales , Touch/physiology , Depression, Postpartum/diagnosis , Mother-Child Relations , Prone Position , Prospective Studies , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Objectives : Depression is a common psychiatric disorder in cancer patients. The Brief Edinburgh Depression Scale(BEDS), which is an abbreviated version of the Edinburgh Depression Scale, may serve as a useful tool in screening for the depression in patients with the medical illnesses. This report investigated the reliability and validity of the Korean Version of the BEDS(K-BEDS) for the depression in cancer patients. METHODS : One-hundred cancer patients were enrolled in this study. All subjects completed the K-BEDS, the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale(HADS), and the Karnofsky Performance Status Scale(KPSS). Reliability, validity and Receiver Operating Characteristic(ROC) curve analysis measures were assessed. RESULTS : The K-BEDS showed good internal consistency(Cronbach alpha=0.77) and test-retest reliability(0.94, p<0.001). All item-total correlations were above 0.3. Also, it revealed moderate correlation with the depression subscale of the HADS(r=0.617), but no correlation with the KPSS. Exploratory factor analysis produced only one factor, accounting for 47.1% of the total variance. The most valid cutoff value to screen for depression was a total score of 5 on the K-BEDS, which showed sensitivity of 62.5% and specificity of 86.4% with a positive predictive value of 4.60 and a negative predictive value of 0.43. CONCLUSION : The present findings suggested that the K-BEDS would have good psychometric properties to screen for the depression in cancer patients.