THE PERCEIVED POSTPARTUM STRESS AND ITS PREDICTORS
Abstract
The article presents the empirical study results of the perceived stress level and its predictors in women after childbirth. The study sample consisted of 57 women who were interviewed under inpatient care in a maternity facility on the 3rd day after delivery at 37–40 gestational weeks of single pregnancy. Psychodiagnostic methods were used: the authors’ original questionnaire, the Perceived Stress Scale-10, the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS-R), and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale. The respondents were divided into two comparison groups according to the “Overexertion” subscale (measures the subjectively perceived level of tension and stress level) of the “Perceived stress Scale — 10” method. In the early postpartum period, a high level of perceived stress was found in 38.6 % of women in the sample. Women with high levels of postpartum stress are characterized by moderate levels of general anxiety and mild symptoms of postpartum depression. Half of the women in this group in the first days after delivery noted the presence of difficulties with breastfeeding. In general, the overwhelming majority of women in the sample highly rated their own prior awareness of the specifics of delivery and pain management during delivery. They also highly rated the quality of interaction with doctors during delivery and were satisfied with this interaction and contact with doctors. Predictors of perceived stress were perinatal anxiety, symptoms of postpartum depression, as well as prior awareness of the specifics of delivery (clarity of information about the criteria for prescribing a caesarean section and the potential probability of performing this surgical intervention; clarity and completeness of information about methods, opportunities and limitations of pain relief in delivery).
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