Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
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Relationship between Sense of Coherence in Final Stage of Pregnancy and Postpartum Stress Reactions
Naomi SEKIZUKAHiroyuki NAKAMURAKeiko SHIMADANoriko TABUCHIYukie KAMEDAAkemi SAKAI
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2006 Volume 11 Issue 4 Pages 199-205

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Objective: In this study, we evaluated postpartum stress using a postpartum depression scale and by measuring the level of a stress-related substance, to clarify the relationship between the stress-coping capabilities of women in the final stage of pregnancy and their postpartum stress reactions.
Methods: Between April 2004 and October 2004, 54 women participated in a questionnaire survey and the measurement of their secretory immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) level as a stress-related substance two times in the final stage of their pregnancy (prepartum) and in their early puerperium (postpartum) was carried out. The questionnaire used in the prepartum stage included the following parameters: “basic features”, “Sense of Coherence (SOC)” and “Japanese version of the self-assessment depression scale” of Zung. The questionnaire employed in the postpartum stage included the following parameters: “course of delivery”, “Self-evaluation of delivery experience”, and “Postpartum depression scale”.
Results: The depression score was higher and the s-IgA level was lower in the low-SOC score group than in the high-SOC score group, indicating that stress reactions were more intense in the low-SOC score group.
Conclusion: It was revealed that stress reactions were more intense for women with a low SOC score. Moreover, the finding of a relationship between the low SOC score in the prepartum stage and depressive tendency suggests that women who are likely to develop depressive tendency can be predicted in the prepartum stage, and the significance of measuring SOC in the prepartum stage is thus suggested.
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© 2006 Japanese Society for Hygiene
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