@misc{10481/90994,
year = {2017},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/90994},
abstract = {Immigration is in itself a complex situation, but when it is accompanied by pregnancy
and childbirth, it can become even morecomplicated. The objective of this research study
was to ascertain whether there were differences in the main socio-demographic, obstetric,
perinatal, and psychological variables in immigrant women and native-born women in
Spain during and immediately after pregnancy. For this purpose, 103 female subjects (53
immigrants and 50 Spaniards) were obstetrically and psychologically evaluated 48 hours
after childbirth.
Although in both groups, similar results were obtained for the obstetric and
perinatal variables, significant differences were found in the psychological variables. For
example, the female immigrants had higher scores for the dimensions or subscales
obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, phobic anxiety, paranoid
ideation, and psychoticism. Significant differences were also found in the global severity
index of the SCL-90. Accordingly, the sample of female immigrants had higher levels of
psychological disorder in the postpartum period immediately after childbirth.
Consequently, they required more psychological and emotional support from their
families as well as from health care facilities.},
publisher = {Taylor & Francis},
keywords = {Immigrant women},
keywords = {Mental health},
keywords = {Pregnancy},
keywords = {Childbirth},
keywords = {Postpartum},
title = {Psychological assessment among immigrant and Spanish women during the postpartum period in Spain},
doi = {10.1080/02646838.2016.1246709},
author = {Pérez Ramírez, Francisca and García García, Inmaculada and Caparrós González, Rafael Arcángel and Peralta Ramírez, María Isabel},
}