Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis

The World Health Organisation recommends healthcare practitioners to equip themselves with appropriate skills to assess the psychological distress in women attending the antenatal and postnatal healthcare. Nevertheless, little is known about the healthcare practitioners’ perceptions of postnatal dep...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Siti Roshaidai Mohd Arifin, Cheyne, Helen, Maxwell, Margaret
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13341/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13341/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13341/1/25048-92205-1-PB.pdf

id	ukm-13341
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-133412019-09-06T22:15:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13341/ Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis Siti Roshaidai Mohd Arifin, Cheyne, Helen Maxwell, Margaret The World Health Organisation recommends healthcare practitioners to equip themselves with appropriate skills to assess the psychological distress in women attending the antenatal and postnatal healthcare. Nevertheless, little is known about the healthcare practitioners’ perceptions of postnatal depression and its management. The aims of this review were: (1) to explore the experiences of healthcare practitioners in caring for women with postnatal depression in different countries and (2) to identify any qualitative study conducted in Malaysia regarding the healthcare practitioners’ perceptions of postnatal depression. To achieve these objectives, a qualitative synthesis of studies reporting the healthcare practitioners’ experience of managing women with postnatal depression was conducted. A search in CINAHL, PubMed, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and ASSIA databases was performed using specific keywords and published peer-reviewed articles from 2006 to 2016 were screened for inclusion criteria. A total of 15 relevant studies were identified and reviewed. The studies included were conducted in eight different countries: America, Australia, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Greek, Mexico and Slovenia. No study conducted in Malaysia was found. This review suggestedthat the experiences of managing women with postnatal depression were relatively similar among the healthcare professionals in different countries. The main limitations reported by the healthcare practitioners were the lack of resources on maternal mental health and the absence of policy regarding the management of postnatal depression. Further research should investigate how Malaysian healthcare practitioners perceive postnatal depression and their roles in its management to provide more insights into the current clinical practice in Malaysia for postnatal depression. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13341/1/25048-92205-1-PB.pdf Siti Roshaidai Mohd Arifin, and Cheyne, Helen and Maxwell, Margaret (2019) Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 17 (1). pp. 73-82. ISSN 1675-8161 http://ejournal.ukm.my/jskm/issue/view/686
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	The World Health Organisation recommends healthcare practitioners to equip themselves with appropriate skills to assess the psychological distress in women attending the antenatal and postnatal healthcare. Nevertheless, little is known about the healthcare practitioners’ perceptions of postnatal depression and its management. The aims of this review were: (1) to explore the experiences of healthcare practitioners in caring for women with postnatal depression in different countries and (2) to identify any qualitative study conducted in Malaysia regarding the healthcare practitioners’ perceptions of postnatal depression. To achieve these objectives, a qualitative synthesis of studies reporting the healthcare practitioners’ experience of managing women with postnatal depression was conducted. A search in CINAHL, PubMed, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and ASSIA databases was performed using specific keywords and published peer-reviewed articles from 2006 to 2016 were screened for inclusion criteria. A total of 15 relevant studies were identified and reviewed. The studies included were conducted in eight different countries: America, Australia, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Greek, Mexico and Slovenia. No study conducted in Malaysia was found. This review suggestedthat the experiences of managing women with postnatal depression were relatively similar among the healthcare professionals in different countries. The main limitations reported by the healthcare practitioners were the lack of resources on maternal mental health and the absence of policy regarding the management of postnatal depression. Further research should investigate how Malaysian healthcare practitioners perceive postnatal depression and their roles in its management to provide more insights into the current clinical practice in Malaysia for postnatal depression.
format	Article
author	Siti Roshaidai Mohd Arifin, Cheyne, Helen Maxwell, Margaret
spellingShingle	Siti Roshaidai Mohd Arifin, Cheyne, Helen Maxwell, Margaret Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis
author_facet	Siti Roshaidai Mohd Arifin, Cheyne, Helen Maxwell, Margaret
author_sort	Siti Roshaidai Mohd Arifin,
title	Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis
title_short	Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis
title_full	Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis
title_fullStr	Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis
title_full_unstemmed	Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis
title_sort	healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13341/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13341/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13341/1/25048-92205-1-PB.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T20:04:38Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T20:04:38Z
_version_	1777407076389093376

Healthcare practitioners’ views of postnatal depression: a qualitative synthesis

Similar Items