Farrag Hamza, E., Ahmad Mohammad, A., Hassan Osman, Z., El-Adham, N. (2024). The Effect of an Educational program about COVID-19 for Pregnant Women on the Occurrence of Postpartum Depression. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 12(41), 84-96. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.251432.1724
Enaam Abdellatif Farrag Hamza; Asmaa Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad; Zeinab Hassan Hassan Osman; Nadia Ahmed El-Adham. "The Effect of an Educational program about COVID-19 for Pregnant Women on the Occurrence of Postpartum Depression". Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 12, 41, 2024, 84-96. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.251432.1724
Farrag Hamza, E., Ahmad Mohammad, A., Hassan Osman, Z., El-Adham, N. (2024). 'The Effect of an Educational program about COVID-19 for Pregnant Women on the Occurrence of Postpartum Depression', Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 12(41), pp. 84-96. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.251432.1724
Farrag Hamza, E., Ahmad Mohammad, A., Hassan Osman, Z., El-Adham, N. The Effect of an Educational program about COVID-19 for Pregnant Women on the Occurrence of Postpartum Depression. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 2024; 12(41): 84-96. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.251432.1724
The Effect of an Educational program about COVID-19 for Pregnant Women on the Occurrence of Postpartum Depression
1Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University, Egypt.
2Lecturer at Maternity and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University, Egypt.
3Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Postpartum Depression (PPD) is a highly prevalent psychological morbidity among pregnant and parturient women; it could be affected by COVID-19 pandemic. Aim of the study: To assess the Effect of an Educational program about COVID-19 for pregnant women on the Occurrence of postpartum depression. Subjects and methods: quasi-experimental controlled pre-post study was conducted at the MCH Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology at El-Fayoum city on 230 pregnant women attending the setting randomly and equally divided into the intervention group to receive educational program and a control group A self-administsred questionnaire with Edinburgh Post-Partum Depression (PPD) scale was used in data collection. The work was done through assessment, educational program planning, implementation, and evaluation phases. Results: The intervention group knowledge, attitude, and practice significantly increased after the educational program (p < 0.001). Pre-intervention PPD 31.3% in the intervention group of PPD and 15.7% in the control group (p=0.005). At Time 2 (1 week postpartum), the prevalence in the control group was 94.8% compared to 33.9% in the intervention group (p < 0.001). At Time 3 (6- week Follow-up), it was 100.0% in the control group and 58.3% in the intervention group (p < 0.001). The effect of the program on PPD was confirmed by multivariate analysis. Conclusion and recommendations: The provision of clear applied knowledge, positive attitudes, and correct practices related to COVID-19 to pregnant women is effective in decreasing the prevalence of PPD among them. It is recommended to implement the developed educational program in antenatal care settings.
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