background: mothers are highly vulnerable to depression within the first year after childbirth. approximately 10-20% of mothers suffer from depression during this period, and half of these women with symptoms of prominent postpartum depression (ppd) remain undiagnosed. the edinburgh postnatal depression scale (epds) is the most widely applied screening instrument for ppd evaluation. in this stu...

The aim of the present study was to clarify clinical factors in low birth weight infants and their mothers associated with exclusive breastfeeding at both neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge and the start of complementary feeding. One hundred and fifteen low birth weight children and 98 mothers attending the follow-up clinic of two tertiary NICUs in Nara prefecture (Japan), between Ju...

BACKGROUND Previous cross-diagnosis studies of interaction between mothers with severe mental illness and their babies have concluded that mothers with schizophrenia have deficits in interaction, but these studies have not included healthy controls. METHOD In-patients on a mother and baby unit, with diagnoses of schizophrenia (n=15), depressive mood disorders with or without psychosis (n=23),...

background: the hospitalization of a child is a stressful experience for parents, especially mothers. not having access to theteacher and not being able to continue school studies within the hospital by hospitalized children is a common reason for anxiety in them and their parents. the current study aimed to determine the effect of teacher’s presence at children’s bedside on the anxiety of moth...

Purpose: This quasi-experimental single group study aimed to confirm the effects of discharge education using a systematic program on anxiety and parenting confidence in mothers premature babies.Methods: conducted for 3 5 days prior 29 babies born neonatal intensive care unit. Data were collected between April 1, 2021, June 30, examined. The hypotheses analyzed Wilcoxon signed-rank test.Results...

Background: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), a natural way of nursing newborns, where mothers use their own body temperature to keep their infants warm has proven to be as efficacious as incubator nursing for the care of low birth weight (LBW) infants and leads to their earlier discharge from hospital. Objective: To explore mother’s knowledge and experiences with KMC at home after discharge from hos...