Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A pre‐post intervention study
| Autor: | Gail Tomblin Murphy, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Amy Grant, Megan Aston, Douglas McMillan, Justine Dol |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Postpartum depression
medicine.medical_specialty Mothers Coaching Depression Postpartum 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Pandemic Humans Medicine Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Pandemics mHealth 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Infant Newborn COVID-19 Mentoring Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease 3. Good health Family medicine Anxiety Female Thematic analysis medicine.symptom business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Birth. 49:273-280 |
| ISSN: | 1523-536X 0730-7659 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this project was to evaluate the preliminary impact of Essential Coaching for Every Mother on maternal self-efficacy, social support, postpartum anxiety, and postpartum depression. The secondary objective was to explore the acceptability of the Essential Coaching for Every Mother program provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS A prospective pre-post study was conducted with first-time mothers in Nova Scotia, Canada, between July 15 and September 19, 2020. Participants completed a self-report survey at enrollment (after birth) and 6 weeks postpartum. Various standardized measures were used, and qualitative feedback on the program was also collected. Paired t tests were carried out to determine changes from baseline to follow-up on psychosocial outcomes, and qualitative feedback was analyzed through thematic analysis. RESULTS A total of 88 women enrolled. Maternal self-efficacy increased between baseline (B) and follow-up (F) (B: 33.33; F: 37.11, P = 0.000), whereas anxiety (STAI) declined (B: 38.49; F: 34.79, P = 0.004). In terms of acceptability, 89% of participants felt that the number of messages was just right, 84.5% felt the messages contained all the information they needed relative to caring for a newborn, and 98.8% indicated they would recommend this program to other new mothers. CONCLUSIONS Essential Coaching for Every Mother may play a role in increasing maternal self-efficacy and decreasing anxiety, although future work with a control group is needed to delineate the true effects of the program. Overall, mothers were satisfied with the Essential Coaching for Every Mother program and would recommend it for other mothers, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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