Falceto Olga G, Fernandes Carmen L, Baratojo Claudia, Giugliani Elsa R J
Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Rev Saude Publica. 2008 Dec;42(6):1034-40. doi: 10.1590/s0034-89102008000600009.
To identify factors associated with the lack of active father involvement in infant care at four months of age.
Cross-sectional study involving families of 153 infants at four months of age, interviewed in their homes by two family therapists. In addition to father involvement in infant care, sociodemographic, parental mental health (using the Self Report Questionnaire-20 scale and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV criteria assessment) and quality of couple relationship characteristics (using the Assessment of Relational Functioning from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV) were analyzed. Poisson regression was employed to assess the association between lack of father involvement in child care and the variables selected. Prevalence ratio was used to estimate the magnitude of associations.
Fathers of 13% of infants had no contact with their children. Among families whose parents lived together (78% of all), 33% of the fathers reported not actively participating in their children's care. Problematic couple relationship and mother as a housewife were associated with lack of father involvement in infant care.
High prevalence of families whose father is not actively involved with infant care, especially when couple relationship is problematic and the mother does not have a paid job.
确定与父亲在婴儿四个月大时未积极参与婴儿护理相关的因素。
横断面研究，涉及153名四个月大婴儿的家庭，由两名家庭治疗师在其家中进行访谈。除了父亲参与婴儿护理情况外，还分析了社会人口统计学、父母心理健康状况（使用自填问卷-20量表和《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第四版标准评估）以及夫妻关系特征质量（使用《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第四版中的关系功能评估）。采用泊松回归来评估父亲未参与儿童护理与所选变量之间的关联。患病率比用于估计关联强度。
13%的婴儿父亲与孩子没有接触。在父母共同生活的家庭中（占所有家庭的78%），33%的父亲报告未积极参与孩子的护理。夫妻关系问题和母亲为家庭主妇与父亲未参与婴儿护理有关。
父亲未积极参与婴儿护理的家庭比例很高，尤其是在夫妻关系有问题且母亲没有带薪工作的情况下。
