Managing women with postnatal depression: Perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in Malaysia

Background: Postnatal depression (PND) is considered to be a serious mental health problem for many women worldwide; contributing to increased maternal morbidity and mortality. It is recommended that healthcare practitioners (HCPs) should have appropriate skills to assess psychological distress in w...

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Main Author:	Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	RT Nursing
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/61972/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61972/1/QRC%202017%20Siti%20Roshadai%20PP%20%281%29.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/61972/2/25082017%20Roshaidai%20QRC.pdf

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spelling	iium-619722018-02-12T08:49:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61972/ Managing women with postnatal depression: Perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in Malaysia Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai RT Nursing Background: Postnatal depression (PND) is considered to be a serious mental health problem for many women worldwide; contributing to increased maternal morbidity and mortality. It is recommended that healthcare practitioners (HCPs) should have appropriate skills to assess psychological distress in women attending for antenatal and postnatal healthcare. However, little is known about the perceptions of Malaysian HCPs towards managing PND. Purpose statement: The aims of this study was to explore how HCPs currently manage PND in Malaysia. Methods: A total of 18 HCPs involved with postnatal care in purposively selected clinics and a psychiatric ward in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were individually interviewed. Data were analysed using framework analysis. Findings: The explanations from the HCPs in the clinics showed that their care and treatment was limited by the absence of policy and guidelines for managing PND, that they could refer to. The absence of such guidelines had also resulted in an unclear job scope about whose role it was to manage PND. They also reported that the care and treatment for women with PND were challenging when a psychiatric referral and care was commonly stigmatised by the women and their family. The word ‘counselling’, ‘psychiatric ward’, and ‘antidepressants’ were reported as stigmatising and could be misunderstood to mean that a woman has a severe mental illness or that she was ‘crazy’. Conclusion: This study firstly calls for a policy and guideline for the management of PND within the Malaysian healthcare system to improve a sense of professional ownership for the management of PND. A system-based enhanced PND care is essential to ensure appropriate treatment and follow-up. 2017-08-25 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61972/1/QRC%202017%20Siti%20Roshadai%20PP%20%281%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61972/2/25082017%20Roshaidai%20QRC.pdf Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai (2017) Managing women with postnatal depression: Perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in Malaysia. In: 9th International Qualitative Research Conference, 25-26 August 2017, Berjaya University College of Hospitality, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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description	Background: Postnatal depression (PND) is considered to be a serious mental health problem for many women worldwide; contributing to increased maternal morbidity and mortality. It is recommended that healthcare practitioners (HCPs) should have appropriate skills to assess psychological distress in women attending for antenatal and postnatal healthcare. However, little is known about the perceptions of Malaysian HCPs towards managing PND. Purpose statement: The aims of this study was to explore how HCPs currently manage PND in Malaysia. Methods: A total of 18 HCPs involved with postnatal care in purposively selected clinics and a psychiatric ward in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were individually interviewed. Data were analysed using framework analysis. Findings: The explanations from the HCPs in the clinics showed that their care and treatment was limited by the absence of policy and guidelines for managing PND, that they could refer to. The absence of such guidelines had also resulted in an unclear job scope about whose role it was to manage PND. They also reported that the care and treatment for women with PND were challenging when a psychiatric referral and care was commonly stigmatised by the women and their family. The word ‘counselling’, ‘psychiatric ward’, and ‘antidepressants’ were reported as stigmatising and could be misunderstood to mean that a woman has a severe mental illness or that she was ‘crazy’. Conclusion: This study firstly calls for a policy and guideline for the management of PND within the Malaysian healthcare system to improve a sense of professional ownership for the management of PND. A system-based enhanced PND care is essential to ensure appropriate treatment and follow-up.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai
author_facet	Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai
author_sort	Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai
title	Managing women with postnatal depression: Perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in Malaysia
title_short	Managing women with postnatal depression: Perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in Malaysia
title_full	Managing women with postnatal depression: Perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Managing women with postnatal depression: Perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Managing women with postnatal depression: Perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in Malaysia
title_sort	managing women with postnatal depression: perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in malaysia
publishDate	2017
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Managing women with postnatal depression: Perceptions of the healthcare practitioners in Malaysia

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