Influência de variáveis clínico-obstétricas e religiosidade na depressão pós-parto

Abstract

Postpartum depression is characterized by feelings of deep sadness, hopelessness, irritability, feelings of helplessness and inability, anxiety, frequent crying, eating and sleep disorders and psychosomatic complaints, which are factors that directly interfere with her life, as well as her family and the development of the newborn. Therefore, it was seen the importance of using different mechanisms to help in the process of coping with depression, among them the spiritual religious coping and its use in the process of coping and postpartum depression. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of clinical-obstetric variables and negative spiritual religious coping and postpartum depression in women who had babies between 30 and 180 days. This is an observational, cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, carried out at the Hospital de Clinics of the Federal University of Uberlândia, with mothers in the postpartum period. The following instruments were used: General Social Questionnaire and Gestational History, P-DUREL, Spiritual Religious Coping Scale - CER-BREVE SCALE - 14 and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale. Forty-six mothers participated, most of whom were single or separated, had previous pregnancies, had cesarean deliveries, and had religion, with a 43.5% prevalence of postpartum depression. Moreover, religious coping had an impact on the prevalence of postpartum depression. Thus, the importance of the role of religiosity and spirituality as a way to seek psychological and emotional control to deal with the crises and to face adversity during the postpartum period stands out.