PMID- 36638754
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230228
LR  - 20230228
IS  - 1876-2026 (Electronic)
IS  - 1876-2018 (Linking)
VI  - 81
DP  - 2023 Mar
TI  - Improving mother-infant bonding in postnatal depression - The SURE MUMS study.
PG  - 103457
LID - S1876-2018(23)00011-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103457 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To study the effectiveness of the Sure Mums intervention in improving 
      mother-baby bonding in a group of new mothers in Singapore. METHODS: Over a 
      period of 2 years from 2017 to 2019, thirty-two mothers were identified from our 
      clinic population seeking treatment for postnatal mental health difficulties - 
      these included depressive or anxiety symptoms, together with bonding 
      difficulties. They received home-based mother-infant therapy sessions, and scores 
      for the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ), Global Assessment of Functioning 
      (GAF), and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were taken pre- and 
      post-intervention. RESULTS: In all, twenty-five mothers completed measures for 
      baseline characteristics, pretreatment scores and post-treatment scores. Paired 
      sample t-tests were conducted for the 4 subscales of the PBQ, the GAF rating 
      score, and the EPDS score. Postintervention scores noted a reduction in the mean 
      of all of the 4 PBQ subscales, and 3 of the 4 scores had differences that were 
      shown to be statistically significant improvement. The EPDS pre-intervention mean 
      score was 17.72, while mean postintervention EPDS score was 9.2. Total GAF scores 
      showed an mean uptrend by 12-14 points, likely indicating significant improvement 
      in the mothers' functioning post intervention. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this 
      programme shows promising evidence of its effectiveness in improving the quality 
      of bonding in mothers with postnatal mental health difficulties. For future 
      direction, we hope to offer the SURE MUMS programme to more mothers who are 
      struggling to bond with their baby amidst the challenges of becoming a parent.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Loh, Abigail Hong Yan
AU  - Loh AHY
AD  - Ministry of Health Holdings Pte Ltd, 1 Maritime Square, #11-25 Harbour Front 
      Centre, 099253, Singapore. Electronic address: abigail.loh@mohh.com.sg.
FAU - Ong, Li Lian
AU  - Ong LL
AD  - Department of Psychological Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 
      Singapore. Electronic address: ong.li.lian@kkh.com.sg.
FAU - Yong, Flora Su Hui
AU  - Yong FSH
AD  - Department of Psychological Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 
      Singapore. Electronic address: flora.yong.su.h@kkh.com.sg.
FAU - Chen, Helen Yu
AU  - Chen HY
AD  - Department of Psychological Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 
      Singapore; Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: 
      helen.chen.y@singhealth.com.sg.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230108
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Asian J Psychiatr
JT  - Asian journal of psychiatry
JID - 101517820
SB  - IM
MH  - Female
MH  - Infant
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Depression, Postpartum/epidemiology
MH  - Mothers/psychology
MH  - Mother-Child Relations
MH  - Postpartum Period
MH  - Anxiety/epidemiology
MH  - Object Attachment
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Home-based intervention
OT  - Maternal infant bonding
OT  - Maternal mental health
OT  - Postnatal depression
COIS- Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/01/14 06:00
MHDA- 2023/03/03 06:00
CRDT- 2023/01/13 18:20
PHST- 2022/06/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/01/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/01/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/01/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/03/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2023/01/13 18:20 [entrez]
AID - S1876-2018(23)00011-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103457 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Mar;81:103457. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103457. Epub 2023 
      Jan 8.