Journal of Nursing & Care

Hertfelt Wahn Elisabeth

Publications

• Research Article
  Teenage Childbearing in Sweden - Depressive Symptoms among Teenage Mothers, Influencing Factors, Perception of Support and Self-Esteem - A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
  Author(s): Hertfelt Wahn Elisabeth and Nissen EvaHertfelt Wahn Elisabeth and Nissen Eva
  
  Background: Becoming a teenage mother is confronted with parental responsibilities at a time when a teenage girl has to deal with her own intense development. Depressive symptoms and postpartum depression are commonly reported in teenage mothers and are of particular concern since depressive symptoms are linked with poor general health. Objective: To examine if the perception of support, self-esteem and social background factors differ between teenage mothers with depressive symptoms compared with teenage mothers without depressive symptoms. Design: A descriptive comparative cross-sectional study. Participants: Swedish speaking teenage mothers aged 15-19 who gave birth in hospital in a county of south western Sweden, n=76. The group was divided into two groups based on their score on Edin.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000123

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