Positive Effect of Breastfeeding on Child Development, Anxiety, and Postpartum Depression (CROSBI ID 277259)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Mikšić, Štefica ; Uglešić, Boran ; Jakab, Jelena ; Holik, Dubravka ; Milostić Srb, Andrea ; Degmečić, Dunja
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Positive Effect of Breastfeeding on Child Development, Anxiety, and Postpartum Depression
Background: Postpartum depression is a psychiatric disorder that starts from the second to the sixth week after birth. Breastfeeding is considered a protective factor for postpartum mood swings. This paper aims to examine the effect of breastfeeding on postpartum depression and anxiety, and how it affects child development. Methods: The study included 209 pregnant women, 197 puerpera, and 160 women at the end of the third month after delivery, followed through three time-points. The instruments used in the study were the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS), Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI), and Beck’s Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Results: Postpartum mothers with low risk of PPD breastfed their children more often than mothers with a mild or severe risk of perinatal depression. Mean values on the BDI scale three months after giving birth were higher in mothers who did not breastfeed their child (M = 3.53) than those who did breastfeed their child (M = 2.28). Postpartum anxiety measured by BAI was statistically negatively correlated (rs -, 430) with the duration of breastfeeding. Conclusion: Nonbreastfeeding mothers are more depressed and anxious compared to breastfeeding mothers.
anxiety ; breastfeeding ; postpartum depression ; child development
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Podaci o izdanju
17 (8)
2020.
2725
8
objavljeno
1660-4601
10.3390/ijerph17082725
Povezanost rada
Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje), Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Kliničke medicinske znanosti