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标题：“I can’t stop worrying about everything” – Experiences of rural Bangladeshi women during the first postpartum months
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作者：Maigun Edhborg ; Hashima E Nasreen ; Zarina Nahar Kabir 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being
电子版ISSN：1748-2631
出版年度：2015
卷号：10
DOI：10.3402/qhw.v10.26226
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis
摘要：Over recent years, researchers have found evidence which indicates that postpartum depression (PPD) crosses cultural boundaries and the prevalence of PPD is reported to be at least as high in non-Western countries as in Western-countries. However, qualitative studies about new mothers’ experiences from non-Western countries, such as Bangladesh, are rare, particularly in rural areas. This study aims to describe the experiences and concerns of rural Bangladeshi mothers with postpartum depressive symptoms. In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 mothers with depressive symptoms 2-3 months postpartum, consecutively selected from a longitudinal study about prevalence and risk factors of perinatal depressive symptoms. Inductive content analysis was used to analyse data and three themes emerged, based on six categories and 12 sub-categories. The findings have shown that troublesome family relationships, including intimate partner violence and violence in the family, influenced the mothers’ mental well-being. They and their families lived at the limit of survival and the mothers expressed worries about their insecure situation regarding economic difficulties and health problems. They felt sorry for being unable to give their infants a good start in life and sad because they could not always follow the traditional norms related to childbirth. Thus, it is important to focus on the depressive symptoms among new mothers and offer counselling to those showing depressive symptoms, as the cultural traditions do not always alleviate these symptoms in the changing Bangladeshi society today.
关键词：Nursing;Depressive symptoms; postpartum; content analysis; cultural tradition, Bangladesh