Mental Health and Adaptation among Postpartum Mothers
Keywords:
mental health, postpartum adaptation, postpartum motherAbstract
This descriptive research aimed to study mental health, adaptation, and the associated between mental health and adaptation of postpartum mothers. The sample consisted of 119 postpartum mothers. The data were collected by mental health assessment form such as stress assessment form, depression risk assessment form, depression assessment form, and the clinical tool for assessing adaptation to motherhood. The confidence of evaluation form by Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were 0.74, 0.78, 0.77 and 0.92, respectively. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and chi-squares. The results showed that 14.3 percent of postpartum mothers had moderate to high stress level, 8.4 percent had risk of depression, 8.4 percent had mild to moderate depression level. Adaptation to maternal roles was low level at 10.1 percent. The stress was found to be statistic associated with postpartum adaptation (p<.05). The risk of depression and postpartum depression were no statistic associated with postpartum adaptation (p>.05).
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