Meadows-Oliver Mikki, Sadler Lois S
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA.
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2010 Dec;48(12):34-41. doi: 10.3928/02793695-20100831-04. Epub 2010 Sep 22.
Depressive symptoms in adolescent mothers have been associated with a variety of negative outcomes for both the adolescent mother and her child. The purpose of this article is to describe the dimensions of the Beck Depression Inventory®-II and to provide a discussion of how depression may appear in adolescent mothers. This descriptive study involved 45 adolescent mothers in a high school-based parent support program. The average score on the depression inventory for the adolescent mothers was 12.27 (SD = 8.57). One third (n = 15) of the adolescent mothers displayed depressive symptoms. All of the adolescent mothers reported experiencing increased symptoms related to loss of energy, changes in sleep patterns, changes in appetite, and tiredness/fatigue. It is important for nurses working with adolescent mothers to understand that what may be perceived as a normal adaptation to motherhood may in fact be a deeper emotional issue such as depression.
青少年母亲的抑郁症状与青少年母亲及其孩子的各种负面结果相关。本文的目的是描述贝克抑郁量表第二版（Beck Depression Inventory®-II）的维度，并讨论抑郁在青少年母亲中可能如何表现。这项描述性研究涉及45名参加高中家长支持项目的青少年母亲。青少年母亲抑郁量表的平均得分是12.27（标准差 = 8.57）。三分之一（n = 15）的青少年母亲表现出抑郁症状。所有青少年母亲都报告称出现了与精力丧失、睡眠模式改变、食欲变化以及疲倦/疲劳相关的症状加重。对于照顾青少年母亲的护士来说，重要的是要明白，那些可能被视为对母亲角色的正常适应，实际上可能是一个更深层次的情感问题，比如抑郁。
