BACKGROUND A low ratio of utilization of healthcare services in postpartum women may contribute to maternal deaths during the postpartum period. The maternal mortality ratio is high in the Philippines. The aim of this study was to examine the current utilization of healthcare services and the effects on the health of women in the Philippines who delivered at home. METHODS This was a cross-sec...

Súhrn Cieľ: Cieľom štúdie bolo zistiť súvislosti vybraných faktorov (veku, vzdelania, parity, plánovania dieťaťa, podpory kontaktu koža na kožu /skin to skin contact; SSC/, dojčenia, spokojnosti s partnerskou podporou, ochorenia rizika depresie) popôrodnou vzťahovou väzbou (mother-infant bonding; MIB) u slovenských žien. Metódy: Bol zvolený dizajn prierezovej štúdie. Na z...

Background: The Postpartum depression has a negative effect on the infant’s developmental and behavioral performance, mother-child relationship and mother‘s health, and its etiology is also very complicated. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the role of maternal emotional cognitive strategies and newborn gender preference in the postpartum depression in primiparou...

background and aim: postpartum period is an exclusive period after birth which can act as a potential stressor and could be accompanied with psychological disorders. social support could play an important role in maternal mental health. considering various stressors and different levels of social support for women, this study aimed to compare postpartum stressors as well as social support level...

BACKGROUND The Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire is the only instrument designed to assess pain and disability specifically in pregnant or postpartum women with pelvic girdle pain. The objective of this study was the adaptation to the Spanish language and analysis of the psychometric properties of the Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire. METHODS This is a descriptive cross-sectional study divided into two ...

Research in humans and nonhuman animals indicates that social affiliation, and particularly maternal bonding, depends on reward circuitry. Although numerous mechanistic studies in rodents demonstrated that maternal bonding depends on striatal dopamine transmission, the neurochemistry supporting maternal behavior in humans has not been described so far. In this study, we tested the role of centr...