{"title":"Factors influencing postpartum depression in Saudi women: a cross-sectional descriptive study.","authors":"Amira Alshowkan, Emad Shdaifat","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.06.18","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.06.18","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) and stress, as well as factors influencing PPD, among women in Saudi Arabia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study employed a cross-sectional online survey and recruited participants during postpartum visits to the Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Data collection was done using Arabic versions of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and a sociodemographics and obstetric history questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted, including multiple linear regression using a stepwise method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from the 270 participants showed low levels of postpartum depressive symptoms with a mean score of 2.54±4.5 and low levels of perceived stress with a mean score of 2.49±6.2. While 94.4% of the participants reported low levels of stress and PPD, 5.6% reported elevated levels (≥10 for PPD, ≥14 for stress). The stepwise regression analysis showed significant results (p<.001), accounting for 34% of the variance in PPD. The factors significantly influencing PPD included the type of family, stress, number of abortions, disease during pregnancy, and family income. Importantly, perceived stress emerged as a factor influencing PPD.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although the majority of participants exhibited low levels of PPD, about 1 in 18 showed elevated levels. The identification of significant influencing factors highlights the need for targeted interventions to effectively address mental health concerns in postpartum women.</p>","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":"30 2","pages":"164-173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11237367/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141582003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparation of the nursing workforce in the field of women's health.","authors":"Sukhee Ahn","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.05.30","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.05.30","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":"30 2","pages":"91-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11237359/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141582007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychometric testing of the Chinese version of the Perinatal Infant Care Social Support tool: a methodological study.","authors":"Feiyan Yi, Sukhee Ahn, Miyeon Park","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.05.21","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.05.21","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to translate the Perinatal Infant Care Social Support (PICSS) instrument into Chinese and to verify the reliability and validity of the translated version.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used a cross-sectional design to examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the PICSS (C-PICSS). A cohort of 150 first-time mothers in China participated, attending hospital follow-up care at 6 weeks postpartum. Data were collected after obtaining informed consent from the mothers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The majority of mothers were aged between 20 and 29 years, with a mean age of 26.25 (±3.90) years. An item analysis of the 19 items in the C-PICSS showed that all items had an item-total score correlation above 0.2. This resulted in a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value of 0.92 and a significant Bartlett's test of sphericity (χ2=1,778.65, p<.001), confirming the suitability of the data for factor analysis. Correlation analyses revealed a strong positive relationship between infant care social support and general social support (r=.62, p<.001), and a negative relationship between infant care social support and postpartum depression (r=-.38, p<.001). Higher scores for infant care social support were associated with reporting positive relationships with their husbands (t=3.72, p<.001) and high levels of spousal involvement (t=4.09, p<.001). In terms of structural support, spouses were identified as the primary source.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The research results indicate that C-PICSS is reliable and valid as an indicator of social support for infant care among Chinese mothers.</p>","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":"30 2","pages":"128-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11237360/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141581953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maternal postpartum health and its impact on health and development of young children.","authors":"Lorraine O Walker","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.30","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.30","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":" ","pages":"96-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11237364/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141297756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender and healthcare issues related to the Protected Birth Act in Korea.","authors":"Jiah Jeong","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.06.14","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.06.14","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":"30 2","pages":"101-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11237361/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141582004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cultural competence scale for nurses in South Korea: a methodological study.","authors":"Min Kyung Kim, Hye Young Kim","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.06.19","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.06.19","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was conducted to develop a cultural competence scale for nurses regarding the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community and to test its validity and reliability.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study adhered to the 8-step process outlined by DeVellis, with an initial set of 25 items derived through a literature review and individual interviews. Following an expert validity assessment, 24 items were validated. Subsequently, a preliminary survey was conducted among 23 nurses with experience caring for LGBT patients. Data were then collected from a final sample of 322 nurses using the 24 items. Item analysis, item-total score correlation, examination of construct and convergent validity, and reliability testing were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The item-level content validity index exceeded .80, and the explanatory power of the construct validity was 63.63%. The factor loadings varied between 0.57 and 0.80. The scale comprised five factors: cultural skills, with seven items; cultural awareness, with five items; cultural encounters, with three items; cultural pursuit, with three items; and cultural knowledge, with three items; totaling 21 items. Convergent validity demonstrated a high correlation, affirming the scale's validity. Internal consistency analysis yielded an overall reliability coefficient of 0.97, signifying very high reliability. Each item is scored from 1 to 6 (total score range, 21-126), with higher scores reflecting greater cultural competence in LGBT care.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This scale facilitates the measurement of LGBT cultural competence among nurses. Therefore, its use should provide foundational data to support LGBT-focused nursing education programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":"30 2","pages":"107-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11237366/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141582002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discrete choice experiment for dyadic data collection: eliciting preferences of couple-based smoking cessation interventions.","authors":"Seung Hee Choi, Thomas Templin","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.08.1","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.08.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":"30 1","pages":"9-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11073556/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140873116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perspectives on promoting healthy pregnancies.","authors":"Hae Won Kim","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.13.1","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.13.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":"30 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11073554/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140873242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The status of intimate partner violence against pregnant women in contemporary China: a scoping review.","authors":"Xue Mei Fan, Hae Won Kim","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.16","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.16","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This review explored the status of publications on intimate partner violence (IPV) against pregnant women in contemporary China.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycInfo databases were searched using the terms \"IPV,\" \"pregnant woman,\" \"Chinese,\" and synonyms in English, along with related keywords for Chinese publications. All literature pertaining to IPV during pregnancy, conducted in China, and published between 1987 and September 2023 was included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 37 articles from 30 studies were selected. The prevalence of IPV during pregnancy ranged from 2.5% to 31.3%, with psychological violence being the most common form. Frequently identified risk factors included unintended pregnancy, poor family economic conditions, male partners engaging in health risk behaviors, poor employment status of women or their partners, low education levels among women, physical or mental health issues, strained couple relationships, and in-law conflicts. IPV during pregnancy primarily led to mental health problems for the victims and could result in adverse obstetric outcomes, as well as negative effects on the temperament and development of the offspring. Victims in China demonstrated a low willingness to seek help from professionals. Furthermore, relevant research in mainland China is scarce, with a limited number of studies and non-standardized research methodologies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Future research should investigate IPV in pregnancy from various perspectives, identify factors unique to IPV during pregnancy, and focus on high-risk groups. Considering the conditions in China, there is a pressing need to increase public awareness of IPV and to investigate interventions aimed at addressing this issue.</p>","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":"30 1","pages":"41-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11073557/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140868668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementing alternative estimation methods to evaluate the reliability of Likert-scale instruments.","authors":"Chang Gi Park","doi":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.12","DOIUrl":"10.4069/whn.2024.03.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519895,"journal":{"name":"Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)","volume":"30 1","pages":"18-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11073555/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140869129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}