Screening for postpartum anxiety: A quality improvement project to promote the screening of women suffering in silence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postpartum anxiety is a mental health problem that has largely been ignored by maternity care providers despite an estimated incidence as high as 28.9%. Though postpartum anxiety may or may not be accompanied by depression, and while screening for postpartum depression has become more common place, postpartum anxiety is often not assessed or addressed.

Purpose

The purpose of this pilot quality improvement project was to implement a screening, treatment and referral program for postpartum anxiety in the birth centre environment.

Procedures

Midwives from 10 geographically diverse birth centres, and all members of the American Association of Birth Centres, were recruited to participate in the project. An online video was developed which detailed postpartum anx

SUBMITTER: Toler S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8040026 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature