Pradeepkumar P C, Hamza Ameer, Ragesh G, Ganjekar Sundarnag, Thippeswamy Harish, Chandra Prabha S, Desai Geetha
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Govt Medical College Campus, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2020 Nov 2;42(6):535-539. doi: 10.1177/0253717620958162. eCollection 2020 Nov.
The presence of a severe mental illness in the mother during the postpartum period may impact the whole family and specifically have an effect on the health of the spouse. The current study aimed to assess psychological distress, coping, and perceived social support of spouses of women with postpartum onset severe mental illness.
A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used, and 30 spouses of the women admitted to the mother-baby unit (MBU) for psychiatric inpatient care were included in the study. The assessments included sociodemographic details, Kessler psychological distress scale (K10), brief coping orientation to problems experienced scale (brief COPE), and Zimets' multidimensional scale of perceived social support.
Around 50% of the spouses experienced severe psychological distress. Nearly 40% of spouses reported poor coping and 56.7% of spouses had moderate social support from family and friends.
The findings indicate the need to address distress and coping in spouses of women with postpartum onset SMI.
产后母亲患有严重精神疾病可能会影响整个家庭，尤其会对配偶的健康产生影响。本研究旨在评估产后起病的严重精神疾病女性配偶的心理困扰、应对方式和感知到的社会支持。
采用横断面描述性研究设计，纳入30名入住母婴病房（MBU）接受精神科住院治疗的女性的配偶。评估内容包括社会人口学细节、凯斯勒心理困扰量表（K10）、经历问题的简短应对取向量表（简短COPE）以及齐梅茨多维感知社会支持量表。
约50%的配偶经历了严重的心理困扰。近40%的配偶报告应对能力较差，56.7%的配偶从家人和朋友那里获得了适度的社会支持。
研究结果表明，有必要解决产后起病的严重精神疾病女性配偶的困扰和应对问题。
