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<bold>Aim.</bold> The postpartum period is very demanding due to hormonal changes, changing social roles and financial concerns, i.e., factors affecting a woman´s mental health and quality of life. Midwifery care also includes interventions in this area of holistic care. This study aims to identify and describe midwifery interventions focussing on moderating mental disorders by women in the postpartum period.
<bold>Methods.</bold> A scoping review designed following PRISMA – ScR guidelines in databases Science Direct, Web of Science and PubMed was conducted in 2022.
<bold>Results.</bold> The analyses of articles identified ten interventions, which were further merged into five categories: Use of measuring scale in women´s care; Support of the mother–child relationship; Education of women, counselling for women; Midwife – support for women; Visit of a midwife in women´s home environment. All interventions, except for the use of measuring scales, use communication skills.
<bold>Conclusions.</bold> The analysed studies outlined a wide variety of non-pharmacological interventions midwives use to care for women with mental disorders during the postpartum period. Midwives use communication skills, education, support, and encouragement to make women feel safe and secure and thus improve their mental postpartum experience.
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Aim. The postpartum period is very demanding due to hormonal changes, changing social roles and financial concerns, i.e., factors affecting a woman´s mental health and quality of life. Midwifery care also includes interventions in this area of holistic care. This study aims to identify and describe midwifery interventions focussing on moderating mental disorders by women in the postpartum period.
Methods. A scoping review designed following PRISMA – ScR guidelines in databases Science Direct, Web of Science and PubMed was conducted in 2022.
Results. The analyses of articles identified ten interventions, which were further merged into five categories: Use of measuring scale in women´s care; Support of the mother–child relationship; Education of women, counselling for women; Midwife – support for women; Visit of a midwife in women´s home environment. All interventions, except for the use of measuring scales, use communication skills.
Conclusions. The analysed studies outlined a wide variety of non-pharmacological interventions midwives use to care for women with mental disorders during the postpartum period. Midwives use communication skills, education, support, and encouragement to make women feel safe and secure and thus improve their mental postpartum experience.

Midwifery support and intervention in the framework of care for women with mental disorders during the postpartum period

University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. The postpartum period is very demanding due to hormonal changes, changing social roles and financial concerns, i.e., factors affecting a woman´s mental...

Midwifery support and intervention in the framework of care for women with mental disorders during the postpartum period

Published Online: Mar 12, 2024

Page range: 58 - 64

Received: Oct 12, 2023

Accepted: Nov 28, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2024-0006

Keywords
intervention, woman, postpartum period, midwife, mental disorder

© 2024 Drahomíra Filausová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Midwifery support and intervention in the framework of care for women with mental disorders during the postpartum period

Published Online: Mar 12, 2024

Page range: 58 - 64

Received: Oct 12, 2023

Accepted: Nov 28, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2024-0006

Keywordsintervention, woman, postpartum period, midwife, mental disorder

© 2024 Drahomíra Filausová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
intervention, woman, postpartum period, midwife, mental disorder