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Magnitude of paternal postpartum psychological distress and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The psychological distress of fathers in the postpartum period can have adverse effects on the well-being of the family and the newborn’s development in particular. However, fathers’ mental health throughout the postpartum has remained understudied and clinically overlooked in many devel...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10234242/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37264391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04891-w |
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author | Tuji, Addisu Yesuf, Subah Abderehim Birhanu, Ribka Milkias, Barkot |
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description | BACKGROUND: The psychological distress of fathers in the postpartum period can have adverse effects on the well-being of the family and the newborn’s development in particular. However, fathers’ mental health throughout the postpartum has remained understudied and clinically overlooked in many developing countries, including Ethiopia. This study aims to assess the prevalence of psychological distress among fathers in the postpartum period and to examine the associated factors in an Ethiopian population. METHODS: A facility-based, cross-sectional study was conducted at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) and Gandhi Memorial Hospital (GMH) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A systematic sampling method was employed to include 280 fathers whose partners gave birth 6 to 8 weeks before the interview. Psychological distress was assessed using a validated Amharic version of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) through a telephone interview. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 26. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. Multivariable logistic regression was run to determine the variables associated with paternal postpartum psychological distress (K10 total score ≥ 7, a validated cut-off score in an urban Ethiopian setting), and odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals were obtained. A two-tailed p-value < 0.05 was considered for statistical significance. RESULTS: About one-fifth of the fathers endorsed having distress symptoms during the postpartum period. Those with lower income (AOR = 11.31, 95% CI: 4.10, 31.15), unintended pregnancy (AOR = 3.96, 95% CI: 1.02, 15.46), poor social support (AOR =3.28 95% CI: 1.43, 7.50), poor infantile health (AOR = 8.20, 95% CI: 2.35, 28.66) and maternal postpartum distress (AOR = 12.10, 95% CI: 3.15, 46.48) had significantly higher odds of having paternal postpartum distress. CONCLUSIONS: Paternal postpartum distress was present in one-fifth of the fathers included in this study. This calls for due attention and efforts for early detection of those at risk of paternal distress and the development of interventions that consider their specific needs. |
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spelling | pubmed-102342422023-06-01 Magnitude of paternal postpartum psychological distress and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study Tuji, Addisu Yesuf, Subah Abderehim Birhanu, Ribka Milkias, Barkot BMC Psychiatry Research BACKGROUND: The psychological distress of fathers in the postpartum period can have adverse effects on the well-being of the family and the newborn’s development in particular. However, fathers’ mental health throughout the postpartum has remained understudied and clinically overlooked in many developing countries, including Ethiopia. This study aims to assess the prevalence of psychological distress among fathers in the postpartum period and to examine the associated factors in an Ethiopian population. METHODS: A facility-based, cross-sectional study was conducted at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) and Gandhi Memorial Hospital (GMH) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A systematic sampling method was employed to include 280 fathers whose partners gave birth 6 to 8 weeks before the interview. Psychological distress was assessed using a validated Amharic version of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) through a telephone interview. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 26. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. Multivariable logistic regression was run to determine the variables associated with paternal postpartum psychological distress (K10 total score ≥ 7, a validated cut-off score in an urban Ethiopian setting), and odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals were obtained. A two-tailed p-value < 0.05 was considered for statistical significance. RESULTS: About one-fifth of the fathers endorsed having distress symptoms during the postpartum period. Those with lower income (AOR = 11.31, 95% CI: 4.10, 31.15), unintended pregnancy (AOR = 3.96, 95% CI: 1.02, 15.46), poor social support (AOR =3.28 95% CI: 1.43, 7.50), poor infantile health (AOR = 8.20, 95% CI: 2.35, 28.66) and maternal postpartum distress (AOR = 12.10, 95% CI: 3.15, 46.48) had significantly higher odds of having paternal postpartum distress. CONCLUSIONS: Paternal postpartum distress was present in one-fifth of the fathers included in this study. This calls for due attention and efforts for early detection of those at risk of paternal distress and the development of interventions that consider their specific needs. BioMed Central 2023-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10234242/ /pubmed/37264391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04891-w Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Tuji, Addisu Yesuf, Subah Abderehim Birhanu, Ribka Milkias, Barkot Magnitude of paternal postpartum psychological distress and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study |
title | Magnitude of paternal postpartum psychological distress and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study |
title_full | Magnitude of paternal postpartum psychological distress and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Magnitude of paternal postpartum psychological distress and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Magnitude of paternal postpartum psychological distress and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study |
title_short | Magnitude of paternal postpartum psychological distress and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study |
title_sort | magnitude of paternal postpartum psychological distress and associated factors in addis ababa, ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10234242/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37264391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04891-w |
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