Relationsinriktad omvårdnad vid postpartumdepression. En litteraturstudie.

Sammanfattning: Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) affects around 20% of all mothers worldwide, and 8-15% of Swedish parents. PPD can harm the parent-infant attachment, which in turn can delay the child’s early development. Aim: To study nursing strategies to promote the family relations and bonding between child and parents when one of them suffers from PPD. Method: A literature review with an integrated analysis of ten articles. Result: Three main themes emerged; Supportive relations, Skin contact between the mother and the child and The nurse’s professional competence. Discussion and conclusion: PPD is a significant health issue. It is vital to increase nurses’ knowledge about interventions for strengthening family relations in all parts of the health care-system, as treatment of PPD alone is insufficient in improving the parent-infant attachment. In this study only articles describing interventions directed towards mothers and babies were found. There is a lack of studies concerning the needs of the entire family.