Help-Seeking Intentions for Depression and Associated Factors among Chinese Perinatal Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
| Autor: | Huang, Sasa, Hu, Ying, Fu, Bing, Tang, Guanxiu, Chen, Zhihong, Zhang, Lijuan, Xiao, Meili, Lei, Jun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages: 2288 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph20032288 |
| Popis: | A low help-seeking intention for depression is an important reason for the low number of women with perinatal depression who have sought professional help. However, evidence of help-seeking intentions for depression is still lacking in Chinese perinatal women. We aimed to investigate the help-seeking intention for depression and its associated factors among Chinese perinatal women. Participants were recruited from three comprehensive hospitals in Changsha. A total of 874 perinatal women were included in the study. The score for the help-seeking intention for depression in Chinese perinatal women was 3.65 ± 0.79, with about half of participants (58.3%) reporting that they were “likely” and “strongly likely” to seek professional help if they suffered from depression during the perinatal period. Favorable help-seeking attitudes and sufficient knowledge of mental illness help-seeking resources were positively associated with help-seeking intentions for depression. However, self-stigma decreased the help-seeking intention for depression. Chinese perinatal women had relatively positive help-seeking intentions for depression. Reducing the stigma of mental illness and help-seeking, enhancing mental health literacy, and improving attitudes toward professional psychological help-seeking of perinatal women may be the potential key components of interventions to encourage perinatal women to actively seek professional psychological help. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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