A qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in Malaysia

Background: Postpartum depression (PND) is considered as a significant health problem and gained special attention due to women’s vulnerability during childbearing years, highly associated with suicide and its negative impacts on women, child, family and society. Despite these concerns, PND has stil...

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Main Authors: Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai, Cheyne, Helen, Maxwell, Margaret
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spelling my.iium.irep.549672017-03-29T08:36:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54967/ A qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in Malaysia Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai Cheyne, Helen Maxwell, Margaret RG Gynecology and obstetrics RT Nursing Background: Postpartum depression (PND) is considered as a significant health problem and gained special attention due to women’s vulnerability during childbearing years, highly associated with suicide and its negative impacts on women, child, family and society. Despite these concerns, PND has still remains underdiagnosed and undertreated in the clinical practice. Previous studies suggest that sociocultural context of motherhood have a link with PND and that treatment of PND should be culturally appropriate, yet there was no research on the Malaysian women’s experience of PND have been published up to this date. Objectives: The aims of this study are to: i) explore postnatal women’s perceptions of PND in Malaysia, ii) understand the experience of PND among postnatal women in Malaysia, and iii) explore potential interventions for women with PND in Malaysia. Method: This study employs an exploratory qualitative design. The critical realism is considered as the philosophical framework underpinning the study. A total of 34 women with different Malaysian cultural backgrounds who attend for postnatal care and/or child immunization at eight selected Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Clinics in Kuala Lumpur were recruited. The women were screened for postnatal depressive symptoms using The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Those who score three or more in PHQ-2 and/or 12 or more in EPDS have been invited for the interview session. The face to face semi structured interviews have been used to explore the women’s perspectives of PND. Data collection and data analysis were conducted concurrently. Data will be analysed using deductive thematic analysis (framework method). Nvivo, a software package will be used to develop coding on each transcript. Conclusion: This study will add on the theoretical concepts of PND and its relation to cultural background through understanding and exploration of PND experience from Malaysian perspectives. It will also encourage further high quality work to provide effective, relevant and culturally sensitive intervention for PND. The findings of this study will be the foundation of developing preventative intervention for PND in Malaysia. 2015-03-18 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54967/1/PGRC%202015%20STIRLING%20UNIV_tentative.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54967/2/PGRC_SITI_2220291_18032015_ppt.pdf Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai and Cheyne, Helen and Maxwell, Margaret (2015) A qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in Malaysia. In: School of Health Sciences Postgraduate Student Conference, 18th March 2015, Scotland, United Kingdom. (Unpublished)
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Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai
Cheyne, Helen
Maxwell, Margaret
A qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in Malaysia
description Background: Postpartum depression (PND) is considered as a significant health problem and gained special attention due to women’s vulnerability during childbearing years, highly associated with suicide and its negative impacts on women, child, family and society. Despite these concerns, PND has still remains underdiagnosed and undertreated in the clinical practice. Previous studies suggest that sociocultural context of motherhood have a link with PND and that treatment of PND should be culturally appropriate, yet there was no research on the Malaysian women’s experience of PND have been published up to this date. Objectives: The aims of this study are to: i) explore postnatal women’s perceptions of PND in Malaysia, ii) understand the experience of PND among postnatal women in Malaysia, and iii) explore potential interventions for women with PND in Malaysia. Method: This study employs an exploratory qualitative design. The critical realism is considered as the philosophical framework underpinning the study. A total of 34 women with different Malaysian cultural backgrounds who attend for postnatal care and/or child immunization at eight selected Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Clinics in Kuala Lumpur were recruited. The women were screened for postnatal depressive symptoms using The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Those who score three or more in PHQ-2 and/or 12 or more in EPDS have been invited for the interview session. The face to face semi structured interviews have been used to explore the women’s perspectives of PND. Data collection and data analysis were conducted concurrently. Data will be analysed using deductive thematic analysis (framework method). Nvivo, a software package will be used to develop coding on each transcript. Conclusion: This study will add on the theoretical concepts of PND and its relation to cultural background through understanding and exploration of PND experience from Malaysian perspectives. It will also encourage further high quality work to provide effective, relevant and culturally sensitive intervention for PND. The findings of this study will be the foundation of developing preventative intervention for PND in Malaysia.
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author Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai
Cheyne, Helen
Maxwell, Margaret
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Maxwell, Margaret
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title A qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in Malaysia
title_short A qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in Malaysia
title_full A qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in Malaysia
title_fullStr A qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in Malaysia
title_sort qualitative study of women’s perspectives on postnatal depression in malaysia
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/54967/
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