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Stress, anxiety and depression perceived by couples with recurrent miscarriage.
- Source :
- International Journal of Nursing Practice (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Apr2020, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p1-8, 8p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Aim: Recurrent miscarriage is considered a major life event. The main purposes of this study were to compare the differences in stress, anxiety, social support, sleep quality and depressive symptoms in couples experiencing recurrent miscarriage compared to peers who experience full‐term normal childbirth in southern Taiwan. Methods: Convenience sampling and snowball sampling were used respectively to recruit 78 couples with and 80 couples without recurrent miscarriage from October 2014 to July 2015. Five structured questionnaires including Perceived Stress Scale, State‐ Anxiety Inventory, Interpersonal Support Evaluation List, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Edinburgh Depression Scale were administered. Results: Women who experienced recurrent miscarriage perceived significantly higher levels of stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms than their husbands. Women in the recurrent miscarriage group reported significantly greater depressive symptoms than women of the other group. A stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated key predictors of depressive symptoms among women of childbearing age, accounting for 62.9% of the variance, were anxiety, stress, social support and history of recurrent miscarriage. Conclusion: Women with recurrent miscarriage suffer mild to moderate depressive symptoms and a greater incidence of depression than their peers who experienced normal childbirth. Health professionals can use the knowledge gained from these findings to evaluate women with recurrent miscarriage for stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms and develop supportive interventions. SUMMARY STATEMENT: What is already known about this topic? Recurrent miscarriage is considered a major life event and, for some, a failure to fulfil a core responsibility for the family lineage.Research about the differences between genders in both the type and degree of emotional response to a miscarriage is limited. What this paper adds? Women with recurrent miscarriage suffer mild to moderate depressive symptoms and a greater incidence of depression than women without recurrent miscarriage.The key predictors of depressive symptoms among women of childbearing age were anxiety, stress, social support and history of recurrent miscarriage, accounting for 62.9% of the variance. The implications of this paper: This study highlights the need to increase healthcare professionals' awareness of the importance of evaluating stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in women with recurrent miscarriage.It is recommended that future studies develop and test supportive care protocols for couples experiencing recurrent miscarriage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of covariance
ANXIETY
CHI-squared test
CHILDBIRTH
MENTAL depression
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SLEEP
PSYCHOLOGY of Spouses
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
T-test (Statistics)
MULTIPLE regression analysis
SOCIAL support
EDINBURGH Postnatal Depression Scale
CROSS-sectional method
RECURRENT miscarriage
DATA analysis software
STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13227114
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Nursing Practice (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142601983
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12796