The relationship of maternal anxiety, positive and negative affect schedule, and fatigue with neonatal psychological health upon childbirth
Abstract Background Exposure of mothers to negative moods and stress before childbirth leads to negative consequences for the infants. Given the importance of psychological health, this study aimed to examine the effect of these factors on the infants’ psychological health. Method This cross-section...
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| description | Abstract Background Exposure of mothers to negative moods and stress before childbirth leads to negative consequences for the infants. Given the importance of psychological health, this study aimed to examine the effect of these factors on the infants’ psychological health. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted in Shiraz hospitals on 110 pregnant women selected with multistage random sampling. Research tools included The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) to measure fatigue with three criteria; The Positive and Negative Emotion Schedule (PANAS); and The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used to measure maternal mood and anxiety level. Also, neonatal psychological health was assessed by a checklist. Neonatal psychological health’s correlation with maternal anxiety, fatigue, and mental state was assessed. Data were analyzed by SPSS-19 software using Pearson correlation coefficient and statistical regression at the significance level of 0.05. Result Although there was no significant relationship between maternal anxiety score and neonatal psychological health after birth (p = 0.231; r=-0.343), the relationship was significant immediately after birth with positive (P < 0.001; r = 0.343) and negative affect scores (P < 0.001; r=-0.357). Conclusions There was a statistically significant relationship between the neonatal psychological health and maternal fatigue (p ≤ 0.001; r = -0.357) and PANAS (p ≤ 0.001) of the mother; however, it had no significant relationship with maternal anxiety (p = 0.231; r=- 0.343). Therefore, nurses and midwives can reduce maternal anxiety and improve neonatal mental health by supporting mothers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbfe87242f9e4790ad7d943b389040ec2022-12-21T22:20:43ZengBMCContraception and Reproductive Medicine2055-74262021-04-01611510.1186/s40834-021-00155-8The relationship of maternal anxiety, positive and negative affect schedule, and fatigue with neonatal psychological health upon childbirthSara Dokuhaki0Fateme Dokuhaki1Marzieh Akbarzadeh2Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of MarvdashtMaternal-fetal Medicine Research Center, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical SciencesAbstract Background Exposure of mothers to negative moods and stress before childbirth leads to negative consequences for the infants. Given the importance of psychological health, this study aimed to examine the effect of these factors on the infants’ psychological health. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted in Shiraz hospitals on 110 pregnant women selected with multistage random sampling. Research tools included The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) to measure fatigue with three criteria; The Positive and Negative Emotion Schedule (PANAS); and The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used to measure maternal mood and anxiety level. Also, neonatal psychological health was assessed by a checklist. Neonatal psychological health’s correlation with maternal anxiety, fatigue, and mental state was assessed. Data were analyzed by SPSS-19 software using Pearson correlation coefficient and statistical regression at the significance level of 0.05. Result Although there was no significant relationship between maternal anxiety score and neonatal psychological health after birth (p = 0.231; r=-0.343), the relationship was significant immediately after birth with positive (P < 0.001; r = 0.343) and negative affect scores (P < 0.001; r=-0.357). Conclusions There was a statistically significant relationship between the neonatal psychological health and maternal fatigue (p ≤ 0.001; r = -0.357) and PANAS (p ≤ 0.001) of the mother; however, it had no significant relationship with maternal anxiety (p = 0.231; r=- 0.343). Therefore, nurses and midwives can reduce maternal anxiety and improve neonatal mental health by supporting mothers.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40834-021-00155-8AnxietyMoodFatigueInfantHealth |
| spellingShingle | Sara Dokuhaki Fateme Dokuhaki Marzieh Akbarzadeh The relationship of maternal anxiety, positive and negative affect schedule, and fatigue with neonatal psychological health upon childbirth Contraception and Reproductive Medicine Anxiety Mood Fatigue Infant Health |
| title | The relationship of maternal anxiety, positive and negative affect schedule, and fatigue with neonatal psychological health upon childbirth |
| title_full | The relationship of maternal anxiety, positive and negative affect schedule, and fatigue with neonatal psychological health upon childbirth |
| title_fullStr | The relationship of maternal anxiety, positive and negative affect schedule, and fatigue with neonatal psychological health upon childbirth |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship of maternal anxiety, positive and negative affect schedule, and fatigue with neonatal psychological health upon childbirth |
| title_short | The relationship of maternal anxiety, positive and negative affect schedule, and fatigue with neonatal psychological health upon childbirth |
| title_sort | relationship of maternal anxiety positive and negative affect schedule and fatigue with neonatal psychological health upon childbirth |
| topic | Anxiety Mood Fatigue Infant Health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40834-021-00155-8 |
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