Psychoeducatıon Interventıon Postpartum Depressıon Breastfeedıng

Effect Of Psychoeducatıon Interventıon For Postpartum Care On Postpartum Depressıon And Breastfeedıng

This study was planned to evaluate the effects of psychoeducation intervention for postpartum care on postpartum depression and breastfeeding.

The pregnant women included in the sample were informed about the study and their written informed consent was obtained. Six interviews were conducted with the pregnant women, four at one-week intervals before birth, and one on the tenth day and sixth week after birth. These interviews were conducted with the women one-on-one and face-to-face.Women in the control group were not given any treatment other than routine care at family health centers. The psychoeducation program was applied to the women in the intervention group in six interviews.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 20-34. Women who are at the gestational age,
• over 18 years of age,
• planning to breastfeed,
• have no visual,
• hearing or mental disabilities,
• have a healthy fetus on ultrasonography

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with depression and other mental illnesses diagnosed by a physician,
• those taking medication related to their mental illness,
• those who gave birth prematurely,
• those with contraindications to breastfeeding and newborns (head and spine anomalies such as anencephaly/spina bifida, having a fetus with brain anomalies such as hydrocephalus/microcephaly, active substance use or HIV diagnosis, etc.),
• those who were included in the study in the 3rd trimester but whose birth weight was less than 2500 grams,
• those whose babies were taken to the neonatal intensive care unit due to any postpartum complications and those who had premature babies (born before 37 weeks of gestation),
• those who did not participate in more than one interview