TY - JOUR

T1 - Acceptability of identification and management of perinatal anxiety: a qualitative interview study with postnatal women

AU - Meades, Rose

AU - Moran, Patricia

AU - Hutton, Una

AU - Khan, Rafiyah

AU - Maxwell, Margaret

AU - Cheyne, Helen

AU - Delicate, Amy

AU - Shakespeare, Judy

AU - Hollins, Kathryn

AU - Pisavadia, Kalpa

AU - Doungsong, Pim

AU - Edwards, Rhiannon Tudor

AU - Sinesi, Andrea

AU - Ayers, Susan

PY - 2024/11/7

Y1 - 2024/11/7

N2 - Background: Anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum is highly prevalent but under-recognized and few women receive adequate support or treatment. Identification and management of perinatal anxiety must be acceptable to women in the perinatal period to ensure that women receive appropriate care when needed. We aimed to understand the acceptability to women of how anxiety was identified and managed by healthcare professionals.Method: We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 60 women across England and Scotland approximately 10 months after birth. Women were sampled from an existing systematically recruited cohort of 2,243 women who recorded mental health throughout pregnancy and after birth. All women met criteria for further assessment of their mental health by a healthcare professional. We analyzed the data using a theoretical framework of acceptability of healthcare interventions.Results: Interview data fitted the seven constructs within the theoretical framework of acceptability. Women valued suppo

AB - Background: Anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum is highly prevalent but under-recognized and few women receive adequate support or treatment. Identification and management of perinatal anxiety must be acceptable to women in the perinatal period to ensure that women receive appropriate care when needed. We aimed to understand the acceptability to women of how anxiety was identified and managed by healthcare professionals.Method: We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 60 women across England and Scotland approximately 10 months after birth. Women were sampled from an existing systematically recruited cohort of 2,243 women who recorded mental health throughout pregnancy and after birth. All women met criteria for further assessment of their mental health by a healthcare professional. We analyzed the data using a theoretical framework of acceptability of healthcare interventions.Results: Interview data fitted the seven constructs within the theoretical framework of acceptability. Women valued suppo

KW - perinatal anxiety

KW - Perinatal Care

KW - perinatal mental health

KW - acceptibility

KW - qualitative research

KW - Pregnancy

KW - screening

KW - assessment

KW - Care pathway

U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1466150

DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1466150

M3 - Article

VL - 12

JO - Frontiers in Public Health

JF - Frontiers in Public Health

SN - 2296-2565

M1 - 1466150

ER -