Published online Oct 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i20.4785
Peer-review started: June 5, 2020
First decision: July 25, 2020
Revised: July 30, 2020
Accepted: September 4, 2020
Article in press: September 4, 2020
Published online: October 26, 2020
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Postpartum depression is a common mental illness in puerpera with a high incidence rate. Both changing family role as the main trigger and changes in sex hormone levels are risk factors for postpartum depression.
Postpartum depression has been investigated in many previous studies, which have shown that routine basic postpartum care has a good effect on maternal physical rehabilitation; however, due to a lack of corresponding effective psychological intervention measures, there are some limitations in the nursing care of postpartum depression patients. However, little research has been designed to investigate the positive role of home-based nursing in the prevention of postpartum depression. This study aimed to explore the importance of home-based nursing in postpartum depression.
To study the effect of home-based nursing for postpartum depression patients on their quality of life and depression, and research the importance of home-based nursing for patients with clinical postpartum depression and the influence of their hormone levels to lead more researchers to pay more attention to home-based nursing in postpartum depression patients.
A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 92 patients with postpartum depression admitted to an obstetrical department. The patients were grouped according to the nursing measures that they received after admission. Data were collected by questionnaire investigation, and serum samples were collected. The obtained data were processed with the help of SPSS software package.
The satisfaction with nursing care, the scores of the GQOLI-74, SAS, and SDS, and the E2 and 5-HT levels of the family nursing group were significantly higher than those of the basic nursing group, which proved the importance of home-based nursing
Home-based nursing for patients with clinical postpartum depression can effectively improve their various hormone levels, play an effective role in alleviating their depression or depressed mood, and improve their quality of life and satisfaction with nursing care. This study preliminarily proved the importance of home-based nursing.
More studies are needed to investigate the positive role of home-based care in the prevention of postpartum depression and to provide new ideas for the treatment of postpartum depression through more research methods.