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  • Emotional well-being of Vietnamese immigrant women during the transition to motherhood: A descriptive cohort study

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    Tsao, Ying
    Creedy, Debra
    Gamble, Jennifer
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    This study investigated the health and well-being of Vietnamese foreign brides recently immigrated to southern Taiwan. Forty-four participants were recruited during pregnancy and 23 were followed-up at six weeks post-partum. Standardized measures completed during face-to-face interviews revealed high levels of life stress, poor general health, low social support, and difficulty caring for their infant amongst participants. Estimated prevalence of probable antenatal depression was 32%, and 26% for probable post-partum depression using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) scores of >/= 13. Probable antenatal depression predicted postnatal depression. Pregnant immigrant women experienced a high level of difficult life circumstances and were significantly more likely to develop depressive symptoms after birth. Immigrant women with low social support during pregnancy were also more likely to report higher EPDS scores than well-supported women. Given these results, prevention and intervention activities are needed to promote maternal psychological well-being in disadvantaged women, especially immigrant brides.
    Journal Title
    Nursing and Health Sciences
    Volume
    17
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12143
    Copyright Statement
    © 2014 Blackwell Publishing. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Emotional well-being of Vietnamese immigrant women during the transition to motherhood: A descriptive cohort study, Nursing and Health Sciences, Vol. 15 (4), 2014, pp. 807–818, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12143.
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    Midwifery
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/64994
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