Scholarlink

Background <p>Parenting self-efficacy (PSE) is a parent’s ability to be responsive and attentive to their child’s needs, which may be greatly influenced by perinatal mental health and social factors during postpartum period. Limited studies to date have examined how maternal mental health status (i.e., postpartum depression) and social support link to PSE among postpartum women during critical stages of infant development in Nepal. Thus, this study aims to examine the association among postpartum depression (PPD), social support and PSE among postpartum women within 6 months of childbirth in Nepal.</p> Methods <p>A cross-sectional study was conducted among one to six months postpartum women who attended immunization clinics in two hospitals in Kathmandu. Conveniently selected, 128 women of both low birth weight and normal birth weight infants were recruited for the study. Data were collected using standardized measures of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Karitane parenting self-efficacy scale, postpartum social support scale, and sociodemographic questionnaire via semi-structured interviews with respondents. Data were analyzed in STATA version 17.0 using linear regression analysis.</p> Results <p>Respondents were ethnically and socioeconomically diverse. Results indicated that PPD has significant but negative association with PSE (β= − 0.29, <i>p</i>&lt;0.001). But perceived social support from husband, family, and friends has significant and positive association with PSE (β = 2.41, <i>p</i>&lt;0.001) among women. The results were statistically significant even after controlling for the effects of multiple control variables in the model.</p> Conclusion <p>PPD and perceived social support are significant factors of PSE during the first six months postpartum among Nepali women. These findings have important implications for evidence-based interventions for early identification of women with PPD and enhancing postpartum social support after childbirth to enhance the women’s confidence in parenting their infants.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Association of postpartum depression and social support with parenting self-efficacy among postpartum women in Nepal

  • 期刊论文

  • 出版模式：

    开放获取

  • 发表日期：

    2026年5月20日

查看全文
  • Tumla Shrestha,
  • Sangita Pudasainee-Kapri,
  • Kul Kapri

摘要

Background

Parenting self-efficacy (PSE) is a parent’s ability to be responsive and attentive to their child’s needs, which may be greatly influenced by perinatal mental health and social factors during postpartum period. Limited studies to date have examined how maternal mental health status (i.e., postpartum depression) and social support link to PSE among postpartum women during critical stages of infant development in Nepal. Thus, this study aims to examine the association among postpartum depression (PPD), social support and PSE among postpartum women within 6 months of childbirth in Nepal.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among one to six months postpartum women who attended immunization clinics in two hospitals in Kathmandu. Conveniently selected, 128 women of both low birth weight and normal birth weight infants were recruited for the study. Data were collected using standardized measures of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Karitane parenting self-efficacy scale, postpartum social support scale, and sociodemographic questionnaire via semi-structured interviews with respondents. Data were analyzed in STATA version 17.0 using linear regression analysis.

Results

Respondents were ethnically and socioeconomically diverse. Results indicated that PPD has significant but negative association with PSE (β= − 0.29, p<0.001). But perceived social support from husband, family, and friends has significant and positive association with PSE (β = 2.41, p<0.001) among women. The results were statistically significant even after controlling for the effects of multiple control variables in the model.

Conclusion

PPD and perceived social support are significant factors of PSE during the first six months postpartum among Nepali women. These findings have important implications for evidence-based interventions for early identification of women with PPD and enhancing postpartum social support after childbirth to enhance the women’s confidence in parenting their infants.