Effect of Health Education and Psychological Nursing Intervention on the Patients with Postpartum Depression / 昆明医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the clinical effect of health education and psychological nursing intervention on the prognosis of patients with postpartum depression. Methods Ninety cases of postpartum depression in our hospital from March 2012 to March 2014, were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group, 45 cases in each group. The patients in the control group were given routine nursing, the patients in the observation group received health education and psychological intervention on the basis of the control group. The anxiety and depression scores change, medication adherence and quality of life in the two groups were observed and compared. Results The scores of SDS and SAS in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05) . The medication adherence and quality of life score 3 months and 6 months after discharge in the observation group were significantly higher than those of control group (P<0.05) . Conclusion Health education and psychological intervention has positive effect on the prognosis of postpartum depression patients, and can effectively improve the patient's medication compliance and quality of life, it's one of the effective measures for the prevention and treatment of postpartum depression.