Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Prim Care Community Health. 2022 Jan-Dec;13:21501319221110421. doi: 10.1177/21501319221110421.
The fast spread of COVID-19 can cause some psychological disorders for men. One of the psychological disorders is paternal postpartum depression (PPD). The aim of the present research was to review studies that have investigated paternal postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For this narrative review, databases such as Google Scholar, Scientific Information Databases (SID), Magiran, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched for the full texts of published studies in the Persian and English languages in the period of 2019 to 2021. Finally, 3 articles were selected and reviewed in this study.
The results of this review study were classified into 3 main categories such as (1) The psychological status of men during the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) The effect of paternal PPD on children's development and family psychological status during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (3) The role of healthcare providers in the management of paternal PPD. The findings of the studies showed that paternal PPD increases the rate of child maltreatment, maternal depression, and domestic violence. The promotion of the interpersonal skills of healthcare providers with fathers suffering from depression or psychological problems is the determinant factor of successful results.
The results showed that paternal PPD has a wide range of consequences in this pandemic. Therefore, it would be recommended that healthcare staff have close contact with families and screen fathers for paternal PPD during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 的快速传播可能会给男性带来一些心理障碍。其中一种心理障碍是父亲产后抑郁症（PPD）。本研究的目的是回顾研究 COVID-19 大流行期间父亲产后抑郁症的研究。
为了进行叙述性综述，在 2019 年至 2021 年期间，使用 Google Scholar、科学信息数据库（SID）、Magiran、PubMed、Web of Science 和 Scopus 等数据库搜索了已发表的波斯语和英语全文研究。最后，本研究选择并审查了 3 篇文章。
本综述研究的结果分为 3 个主要类别，分别是：（1）COVID-19 大流行期间男性的心理状况，（2）COVID-19 大流行期间父亲 PPD 对儿童发育和家庭心理状况的影响，以及（3）医疗保健提供者在管理父亲 PPD 中的作用。研究结果表明，父亲 PPD 会增加儿童虐待、母亲抑郁和家庭暴力的发生率。提高患有抑郁症或心理问题的父亲的人际交往技巧是取得成功的决定因素。
结果表明，父亲 PPD 在这种大流行中有广泛的后果。因此，建议医护人员在 COVID-19 大流行期间与家庭保持密切联系，并对父亲进行 PPD 筛查。
