Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Social Science and Systems in Health, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
BMJ Open. 2019 Aug 1;9(8):e025928. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025928.
The South Asian population is the UK's largest and fastest growing minority ethnic group. There is evidence to suggest the lay understanding of postnatal psychiatric illnesses of this group may fall outside the purview of Western biomedical perspectives. Alternative explanations include psychosocial, cultural and spiritual factors. Approaching psychiatric illnesses through a social perspective includes gaining insight to the patient's subjective experiences and understandings via qualitative inquiry. The objectives of this qualitative study are to explore South Asian women's narrative of living with a severe postnatal psychiatric illness and experiences of Perinatal Mental Health Services, care and support.
Data collection is ongoing and will continue until 31 December 2018. Participants will be identified and recruited from Perinatal Mental Health Services in Birmingham and London. Eligible participants will be English speaking South Asian females aged 18 years or above with the capacity to give written informed consent. Participants are clinically diagnosed with a severe postnatal psychiatric illness. This qualitative study uses individual in-depth face-to-face interviews that aim to last 1 hour. Interviews will be audio recorded with participants' permission. Interview audio recordings will be transcribed verbatim and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The primary goal of IPA is for the researcher to closely study and interpret how individuals make sense of their life experiences in a particular context by drawing on the fundamental principles of phenomenology, hermeneutics and idiography.
The University of Birmingham, the South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee and the Health Research Authority have approved this study (approvals date: 18-12-2017 ref: 17/WM/0350). Local capability and capacity have been confirmed from Trust Research and Development departments. The researchers plan to publish the results from this study in journals and present findings at academic conferences.
南亚人口是英国最大和增长最快的少数族裔群体。有证据表明，该群体对产后精神疾病的通俗理解可能超出了西方生物医学观点的范围。其他解释包括心理社会、文化和精神因素。从社会角度看待精神疾病包括通过定性研究深入了解患者的主观体验和理解。本定性研究的目的是探讨南亚妇女患有严重产后精神疾病的生活经历以及围产期心理健康服务、护理和支持的体验。
数据收集正在进行中，将持续到 2018 年 12 月 31 日。参与者将从伯明翰和伦敦的围产期心理健康服务中确定并招募。符合条件的参与者将是年龄在 18 岁或以上、有能力提供书面知情同意的讲英语的南亚女性。参与者被临床诊断为严重产后精神疾病。本定性研究使用单独的深入面对面访谈，旨在持续 1 小时。经参与者允许，将对访谈进行录音。采访音频记录将逐字转录，并使用解释现象学分析 (IPA) 进行分析。IPA 的主要目标是让研究人员通过借鉴现象学、解释学和个体发生学的基本原则，密切研究和解释个体如何在特定背景下理解自己的生活经历。
伯明翰大学、南伯明翰研究伦理委员会和健康研究管理局已经批准了这项研究（批准日期：2017 年 12 月 18 日，编号：17/WM/0350）。信托研究和发展部门已经确认了当地的能力。研究人员计划在期刊上发表这项研究的结果，并在学术会议上介绍研究结果。
