Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis
Background More women experience depressive symptoms antenatally than postnatally. Supporting women through the antenatal period is recognised as important in mitigating negative outcomes and in preventing postnatal depression (PND). A systematic review was conducted which aimed to provide a deta...
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| author | Scope, Alison Booth, Andrew Morrell, C. Jane Sutcliffe, Paul Cantrell, Anna |
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More women experience depressive symptoms antenatally than postnatally. Supporting women through the antenatal period is recognised as important in mitigating negative outcomes and in preventing postnatal depression (PND). A systematic review was conducted which aimed to provide a detailed service user and service provider perspective on the uptake, acceptability, and perception of harms of antenatal interventions and postnatal interventions for preventing PND.
Methods
A comprehensive literature search was conducted in 12 major bibliographic databases in November 2012 and updated in December 2014. Studies were included if they contained qualitative evidence on the perspectives and attitudes of pregnant women and postnatal women who had taken part in, or healthcare professionals (HCPs) involved in delivering, preventive interventions for PND.
Results
Twenty-two studies were included. Support and empowerment through education were identified as particularly helpful to women as intervention components, across all intervention types. Implications for accessing the service, understanding the remit of the service and women's preferences for group and individual care also emerged.
Limitations
The majority of the included studies were of moderate or low quality, which may result in a lack of rich data consistently across all studies, limiting to some degree interpretations that can be made.
Conclusion
The synthesis demonstrated important considerations for devising new interventions or adapting existing interventions. Specifically, it is important that individual or group interventions are carefully tailored to women's needs or preferences and women are aware of the remit of the HCPs role to ensure they feel able to access the support required. |
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| spelling | nottingham-396102020-05-04T18:32:47Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39610/ Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis Scope, Alison Booth, Andrew Morrell, C. Jane Sutcliffe, Paul Cantrell, Anna Background More women experience depressive symptoms antenatally than postnatally. Supporting women through the antenatal period is recognised as important in mitigating negative outcomes and in preventing postnatal depression (PND). A systematic review was conducted which aimed to provide a detailed service user and service provider perspective on the uptake, acceptability, and perception of harms of antenatal interventions and postnatal interventions for preventing PND. Methods A comprehensive literature search was conducted in 12 major bibliographic databases in November 2012 and updated in December 2014. Studies were included if they contained qualitative evidence on the perspectives and attitudes of pregnant women and postnatal women who had taken part in, or healthcare professionals (HCPs) involved in delivering, preventive interventions for PND. Results Twenty-two studies were included. Support and empowerment through education were identified as particularly helpful to women as intervention components, across all intervention types. Implications for accessing the service, understanding the remit of the service and women's preferences for group and individual care also emerged. Limitations The majority of the included studies were of moderate or low quality, which may result in a lack of rich data consistently across all studies, limiting to some degree interpretations that can be made. Conclusion The synthesis demonstrated important considerations for devising new interventions or adapting existing interventions. Specifically, it is important that individual or group interventions are carefully tailored to women's needs or preferences and women are aware of the remit of the HCPs role to ensure they feel able to access the support required. Elsevier 2017-03-01 Article PeerReviewed Scope, Alison, Booth, Andrew, Morrell, C. Jane, Sutcliffe, Paul and Cantrell, Anna (2017) Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 210 . pp. 100-110. ISSN 1573-2517 Postnatal depression; Prevention; Service user; Service provider; Systematic review; Qualitative; Antenatal http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032716308205 doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.12.017 doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.12.017 |
| spellingShingle | Postnatal depression; Prevention; Service user; Service provider; Systematic review; Qualitative; Antenatal Scope, Alison Booth, Andrew Morrell, C. Jane Sutcliffe, Paul Cantrell, Anna Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis |
| title | Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis |
| title_full | Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis |
| title_fullStr | Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis |
| title_short | Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis |
| title_sort | perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis |
| topic | Postnatal depression; Prevention; Service user; Service provider; Systematic review; Qualitative; Antenatal |
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