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dc.contributor.authorSolberg, Beate
dc.contributor.authorHagen, Milada
dc.contributor.authorBerg, Rigmor
dc.contributor.authorGlavin, Kari
dc.contributor.authorBrekke, Malene
dc.contributor.authorSæther, Kristin Marie
dc.contributor.authorØygarden, Anne-Martha Utne
dc.contributor.authorOlsvold, Nina
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-07T09:00:47Z
dc.date.available2024-10-07T09:00:47Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-30
dc.description.abstractBecoming a parent is a vulnerable life transition and may affect parents’ mental health. Depressive symptoms may occur in fathers, as well as mothers, during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The health service is expected to have a family perspective, aiming to support both parents. Despite this goal, mothers traditionally receive more support than fathers. Home visiting programs may provide enhanced guidance for new fathers and increased mental health support. The aim of this study was therefore to assess possible differences in level of depressive symptom in fathers receiving the New Families home visiting program compared with those receiving standard care from the Norwegian Child Health Service. A prospective nonrandomized controlled study with a parallel group design was performed. The Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used to measure depressive symptoms in fathers (N = 197) at 28 weeks of their partners’ pregnancy (T1), at 6 weeks (T2), and 3 months postpartum (T3), in the intervention and the control group. The results indicate a prevalence of depressive symptoms (EPDS score 10) in Norwegian fathers of 3.1% at T1, 3.9% at T2, and 2.2% at T3 for the full sample. No significant EPDS score differences were found between the intervention and the control group at six weeks and three months postpartum. This suggests that the intervention had no clear impact on depressive symptoms during this time-period.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSolberg, Hagen, Berg, Glavin, Brekke, Sæther, Øygarden, Olsvold. The Impact of the New Families Home Visiting Program on Depressive Symptoms Among Norwegian Fathers Postpartum: A Nonrandomized Controlled Study. American Journal of Men's Health. 2024en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2285339
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/15579883241255188
dc.identifier.issn1557-9883
dc.identifier.issn1557-9891
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/35069
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.relation.journalAmerican Journal of Men's Health
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleThe Impact of the New Families Home Visiting Program on Depressive Symptoms Among Norwegian Fathers Postpartum: A Nonrandomized Controlled Studyen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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