Depression, Anxiety, And Stress Among The Postnatal Mothers of Low Birth Weight Babies Delivered At Tertiary Care Hospital of Belagavi, North Karnataka – A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Nursing and Health Science

© 2020 by SSRG - IJNHS Journal

Volume 6 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : Bhat AV, Pinto N, Kosumeri N

10.14445/24547484/IJNHS-V6I2P102

How to Cite?

Bhat AV, Pinto N, Kosumeri N, "Depression, Anxiety, And Stress Among The Postnatal Mothers of Low Birth Weight Babies Delivered At Tertiary Care Hospital of Belagavi, North Karnataka – A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study," SSRG International Journal of Nursing and Health Science, vol. 6,  no. 2, pp. 6-8, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/24547484/IJNHS-V6I2P102

Abstract:

The WHO estimates that, globally, the incidence of LBW is 15.5%, which means that about 20.6 million such infants are born each year, 96.5% of them in developing countries. Many studies reported about depression but very little is known about stress and anxiety which the postnatal mother go through when her new-born is born low birth and admitted in
NICU. Objectives: To assess the level of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among the postnatal mothers of low birth weight babies. Materials and methods: A descriptive research design was used for this study. Postnatal mothers with low birth weight babies were the samples. The sample size was limited to 200 postnatal women. The setting for the data collection was maternity wards of tertiary care hospitals. Data were collected by using the DASS scale. Results: Results revealed that a maximum (51%) had moderate depression, 48% had severe anxiety, and 29% had mild stress levels. A positive correlation was found between Depression and Anxiety (0.61). Education level, occupation, and gestational age at delivery are associated with depression, age, education level, income, gestational age, and weight of the baby are associated with anxiety, and age, education level, gestational age, and weight of the baby are associated with stress. Conclusion: The study concluded that apart from depression, stress and anxiety are also a point of concern among the mothers who delivered low birth weight babies. There is a need to find the measures to answer these problems.

Keywords:

Stress, Anxiety, depression, low birth weight, NICU

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