The Correlation Between Mother-Infant Bonding and Postpartum Depression in Women with A History of Infertility

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 403 - 410, 04.10.2022

Elif Özdemir , Sena Kaplan , Sibel Küçük

https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1029908

Abstract

Purpose: This study investigated the correlation between mother-infant bonding and postpartum depression in women with a history of infertility.
Methods: The sample consisted of 169 women divided into two: infertile group (n=56) and fertile group (n=112). Data were collected using a descriptive information questionnaire, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale (MIBS).
Results: The fertile and infertile groups had a mean age of 28.95±3.38 and 36.55±3.55, respectively (p=0.001). The infertile group had a higher mean MIBS score (3.73±2.91) than the fertile group (1.50±1.29) (p=0.001). However, there was no significant difference in EPDS scores between the two groups (p > 0.05). Moreover, there was a positive correlation between MIBS and EPDS score in the fertile group (r = 0.354, p = 0.001), suggesting that the higher the risk for postpartum depression, the lower the mother-infant bonding. There was no correlation between MIBS and EPDS score in the infertile group (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: Future studies should recruit larger samples of infertile women with cultural and ethnic diversity and take confounding factors into account to investigate the relationship between postpartum depression and mother-infant bonding.

Keywords

infertility history, postpartum depression, mother-infant bonding

Thanks

The study was accepted by Republic of Turkey Yildirim Beyazit University Institute of Health Sciences as master’s thesis

İnfertilite Hikayesi Olan Kadinlarda Anne Bebek Bağlanmasi ve Postpartum Depresyon Arasindaki İlişki

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada infertilite hikayesi olan kadınlarda anne bebek bağlanması ve postpartum depresyon arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir.fer
Yöntem: Çalışmanın örneklemini infertil grup (n=56) ve fertil grup (n=112) olmak üzere toplam 169 kadın oluşturmuştur. Veriler Tanımlayıcı Bilgi Formu, Edinburg Postpartum Depresyon Skalası (EPDS) ve Anne-Bebek Bağlanma Ölçeği (ABBÖ) kullanılarak toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Fertil ve infertil grupların yaş ortalaması sırasıyla 28.95 ± 3.38 ve 36.55 ± 3.55 idi (p=0.001). İnfertil grupta ABBÖ puan ortalamasının (3.73±2.91), fertile gruba göre daha yüksek (1.50±1.29) olduğu belirlenmiştir (p=0.001). Ancak iki grup arasında EPDS ortalama puanları yönünden anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır (p > 0.05). Bunun yanı sıra, fertile grupta ABBÖ ve EPDS ortalama puanları arasında pozitif bir korelasyon olduğu belirlenmiştir (r = 0.354, p=0.001). Bu sonuç doğum sonrası depresyon riski ne kadar yüksek ise anne ve bebek bağlanma düzeyinin o kadar düşük olduğunu göstermiştir. İnfertil grupta ise ABBÖ ve EPDS ortala puanları arasında ise bir ilişki belirlenmemiştir (p > 0.05).
Sonuç: Kültürel ve etnik çeşitliliğin bulunduğu daha büyük gruplarda infertile hikayesi olan kadınlarda olası karıştırıcı faktörlerin hesaba katılarak, postpartum depresyon ve anne bebek bağlanma ilişkinin değerlendirildiği çalışmalara ihtiyaç bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

infertilite öyküsü, postpartum depresyon, anne-bebek bağlanması

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