Implementation of Postpartum Depression Screening for Women Participating in the WIC Program
| Autor: | Satyapriya Rao, Elizabeth Kuchler, Kelli Giron, Lori S Saiki, Shelly R. Noe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Postpartum depression
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Obstetrics business.industry Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Postpartum Period Infant medicine.disease Depression Postpartum Risk Factors medicine Quality of Life Humans Mass Screening Female National average Food Assistance Pshychiatric Mental Health business Child |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. 27(6) |
| ISSN: | 1532-5725 |
| Popis: | Introduction: The national average for the occurrence of postpartum depression (PPD) is 11.5%. Women enrolled in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program are at an elevated risk for PPD symptoms due to risk factors such as a low income, unemployment, low education level, and younger maternal age. Aim: To implement screening for PPD symptoms using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) (1987) for women participating in the local WIC program with an infant Methods: Of 72 women screened, 69 scores were used in the comparison of the positive scores to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention average of 11.5%. Women were offered community resources after completion of the EPDS. Results: There were 13 positive scores out of the sample size of 69. The percentage of positive scores obtained from these data were 18.84% for the WIC population, which is higher than the national average of 11.5%. This was significant with p = .0494. One limitation of this project was a small sample size. Conclusion: It would be beneficial for the WIC program to screen women for PPD symptoms in this high-risk population, so that recommendations for follow-up care could be made and quality of life could be increased. |
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