A Randomized Control Trial of Using Baby Books to Reduce New Mothers' Feelings of Stress and Depression.
A Randomized Control Trial of Using Baby Books to Reduce New Mothers' Feelings of Stress and Depression.
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使用婴儿书籍减少新妈妈的压力和抑郁感的随机对照试验。
DOI：
10.1007/s10995-021-03200-9
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Díaz,Guadalupe
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作者：
Ochoa,Wendy;Reich,StephanieM;Díaz,Guadalupe
目的探讨将《光明未来健康监督指南》中有关儿童发展的教育信息和最佳育儿实践嵌入婴儿书籍中，是否可以减少母亲在孕产前18个月的抑郁症状和育儿压力。方法167名低收入、主要是非裔美国人、首次怀孕的母亲在怀孕期间被随机分为三组：教育阅读组、非教育阅读组和不阅读组。当妇女在妊娠晚期（基线）和她们的孩子2、4、6、9、12和18个月大时，在家访期间使用两份问卷评估抑郁症状和养育压力。结果层次线性模型显示，接受有教育性信息书籍的妇女比接受无教育性信息书籍的妇女和接受无教育性信息书籍的妇女更快地摆脱抑郁症状和育儿压力。这些发现表明，通过婴儿书籍向女性提供儿童发展和育儿信息可能是促进新妈妈情绪健康的有效策略。由于悲伤和压力的感觉对母亲和婴儿都是危险的，这种易于实施的干预措施大有希望。
ObjectiveTo determine whether embedding educational information about child development and optimal parenting practices from the Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision into baby books can reduce women’s depressive symptoms and parenting stress during the first 18 months of motherhood.MethodsA sample of 167 low-income, primarily African-American, first-time mothers were randomized into three conditions while pregnant: an educational book group, a non-educational book group, or a no-book group. Depressive symptoms and parenting stress were assessed using two questionnaires during home visits when women were in their third trimester of pregnancy (baseline) and when their child was 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months of age.ResultsHierarchical Linear Models showed that women who received books with educational information shed depressive symptoms and parenting stress at a faster rate than women who received similar books without educational information and women who did not receive books.ConclusionsThese findings indicate that providing women with child development and parenting information via baby books can be an effective strategy for promoting new mothers’ emotional wellbeing. Since feelings of sadness and stress are risky for both mothers and their infants, this easy to implement intervention holds great promise.