A randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of a brief motivational intervention to promote breastfeeding in postpartum depression.

ABSTRACT: Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most frequent psychiatric complication during the postnatal period. According to existing evidence, an association exists between the development of PPD and the maintenance of breastfeeding. A brief motivational intervention (bMI), based on the motivational interview, seems effective in promoting breastfeeding. The objective of this study was to analyse the impact of a bMI aiming to promote breastfeeding on the development of PPD and explore the mediating/moderating roles of breastfeeding and breastfeeding self-efficacy in the effect of the intervention on developing PPD. Eighty-eight women who gave birth by vaginal delivery and started breastfeeding during the immediate postpartum period were randomly assigned to the intervention group (bMI) or control g

SUBMITTER: Franco-Antonio C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8748452 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature