Intervention strategies to prevent mental health problems and improve resilience in employed parents from conception until the child is 5 years of age: a scoping review.
Neeltje Crombag, Bieke Bollen, Eline Vancoppenolle, Thomas Vandendriessche, Dagmar Versmissen, Martha Paisi, Jill Shawe, Susan Garthus-Niegel, Annick Bogaerts
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Abstract
Aim: To understand the extent and type of evidence in relation to the effectiveness of intervention strategies targeting working pregnant women, and their partners, for the prevention of mental health problems (depression, anxiety) and improving resilience, from conception until the child is 5 years of age.
Methods: A scoping review was conducted searching Pubmed (including Medline), Embase, Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus. Inclusion criteria were based on population (employed parents), context (from -9 months to 5 years postpartum) and concept (mental health problems, resilience and prevention/ preventative interventions).
Results: Of the 17,699 papers screened, 3 full text papers were included. Studies focused on intervention strategies for working parents which showed a relationship with a reduction in mental health problems (depression and/or anxiety). The intervention strategies extracted from the literature referred to 'social support'. Social support provided by both the social and the work environment correlated with prenatal stress and depressive symptoms in the postpartum period, and supports a healthy work-family balance.
Conclusion: Social support seems to have a positive association with the reduction of mental health problems. However, there are still important gaps in the literature such as a lack of RCT designs to test effectiveness of interventions and systematic reviews. Findings from this study may provide a roadmap for future research to close these gaps in knowledge.
目的:了解针对在职孕妇及其伴侣的干预策略的有效性证据的程度和类型,以预防心理健康问题(抑郁、焦虑)和提高从受孕到孩子5岁的适应能力。方法:检索Pubmed(包括Medline)、Embase、Web of Science Core Collection和Scopus进行文献综述。纳入标准基于人口(有工作的父母)、环境(产后-9个月至5年)和概念(心理健康问题、复原力和预防/预防性干预)。结果:共筛选17,699篇论文,纳入3篇全文论文。研究的重点是工作父母的干预策略,这些策略显示了与减少心理健康问题(抑郁和/或焦虑)的关系。从文献中提取的干预策略被称为“社会支持”。社会和工作环境提供的社会支持与产前压力和产后抑郁症状相关,并支持健康的工作与家庭平衡。结论:社会支持似乎与心理健康问题的减少有正相关。然而,文献中仍然存在重要的空白,例如缺乏RCT设计来测试干预措施的有效性和系统评价。本研究的发现可能为未来的研究提供路线图,以缩小这些知识差距。
期刊介绍:
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. The journal welcomes submissions on the biomedical aspects of pregnancy, breastfeeding, labor, maternal health, maternity care, trends and sociological aspects of pregnancy and childbirth.