Background Colonization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms is increasing becoming more frequent not only in hospitalized patients but also healthy individuals. Although these bacteria are thought to be transmitted newborns on their way through the birth canal, molecular evidence for this scarce. In study, we aimed survey current prevalence resistant bacterial colonization area by examining carriage organism before and after delivery. Methods We examined rate...

Negative attitudes of mothers towards their infant is conceptualized as postpartum bonding disorder, which leads to serious health problems in perinatal care. However, its measurement still remains be standardized. Our aim was examine and confirm the psychometric properties Postnatal Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) Japanese mothers. We distributed a set questionnaires community studied 392 who returned at 1 month after childbirth. model compared with three other models derived from previous...

Objective: To investigate the relationships between depressive mood, bonding failure, and abusive parenting. Method: We distributed questionnaires to 1198 mothers attending a three-month postnatal health check-up in rural areas Japan. The assessed these three variables along with demographics. evaluated causal by comparing different structural equation models data. Results: Although all fit data well, best Akaike Information Criterion was obtained from model where both mood failure predict...

Bonding is crucial to perinatal mental health. Despite an extensive body of literature on maternal bonding, few studies have focused paternal bonding. This scoping review aimed clarify the current state concept paternal-infant/fetus The eligibility criteria were drawn from population and context elements answer following questions: "what bonding?" are constructs comprised 39 studies. Paternal bonding was associated with both positive negative behavior thought may be determined based fathers'...

Background: Despite its clinical and public policy-making importance, neonatal abuse has been only minimally studied. Purpose: To identify predictors of mothers’ emotional towards their infants at 1 month after childbirth. Methods: We studied a cohort 252 women three time points: late pregnancy 5 days At each point, the were administered set questionnaires about depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale), bonding foetus or neonate (Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale Bonding...

Tokophobia is regarded as the intensive fear of childbirth that some pregnant women have. However, little known about psychopathological details tokophobia (fear childbirth). Between 2020 and 2021, a total 10 (nine nulliparae one multipara) with strong were referred by obstetricians. Semi-structured interviews conducted, two cases judged to have obsession, three an overvalued idea, secondary delusion. Three characterised both obsession idea In total, six had features idea. All participants...

Intense fear of childbirth by expectant women is called tokophobia. Because there are no qualitative studies targeting with an intense in Japan, it unknown whether any link between the type objects/situations among tokophobic and their psychological/demographic background. Furthermore, available summary lived experience Japanese This study aims to identify intensity patterns various types participants summarize having childbirth. A descriptive was conducted using a semi-structured interview....

Background . To examine the effects of temperament and character domains on depression during pregnancy. Methods We examined 601 pregnant women using a questionnaire that included Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Temperament Character Inventory (TCI), demographic variables. Results In hierarchical regression analysis, severity pregnancy was predicted by women’s negative response towards current pregnancy, low self-directedness, high harm avoidance, persistence,...

Accuracy of temperament assessment is a prerequisite in research studies. To identify the extent to which parental child biased by their personal attributes, we proposed new structural equation model, biases attributes can be separated from true (i.e. non-biased) associations between two.We examined 234 father-mother pairs using questionnaires including Emotionality, Activity, Sociability, and Impulsivity; Social Desirability Scale; Hospital Anxiety Depression Temperament Character...

Although midwives are expected to play a key role for psychological support throughout perinatal periods, their educational chances limited. Versatile teaching strategies such as e-learning may be promising in expanding education. The objective of our study was clarify the effects an programme on midwives' empathic communication skills.From April 2019 September 2019, randomised controlled trial 1-day issues (both mental health assessment and communication) conducted improve skills healthcare...

Abstract Emotions that parents feel when they think about their own child are extremely important in determining parenting approaches toward a child. Parental emotions should be defined under the rubric of human include both basic and self‐conscious emotions. The Scale for Parent‐to‐Baby (SPBE) was developed underlying this concept, whereas an applicable scale parent‐to‐child wider age range mothers fathers is needed. This study aimed at examining measurement invariance adapted among...

A negative response towards a current pregnancy consists of two elements: unwantedness and unhappiness about the pregnancy. Little is clear whether pregnant women can be categorized in terms as well what correlates are these categories. An internet survey 696 their first trimester examined participants' intention emotional reaction pregnancy, borderline personality traits, adult attachment style, depression, fear childbirth, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, fetal bonding disorder, avoidance...

The Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) assesses the temperament of infants in Western and non-Western countries. Although its factor analyses revealed three factors-surgency, negative affectivity, effortful control-in culture, degree to which these are universal or culturally specific is unclear. This study developed a Vietnamese version IBQ-Revised Very Short Form (R-VSF) examined structure population. IBQ-R VSF was administered 292 mothers between ages 3 18 months Nha Trang...

Background: Maternal emotions towards the foetus are an essential part of maternal-foetal bonding, and predict its quality quantity. It is necessary to identify a cluster pregnant women with bonding difficulty. Objectives: To difficulty describe character cluster. Methods: An online questionnaire survey was conducted investigate psychological issues among at 12-15 weeks' gestational age. Maternal-foetal emotions, demographic obstetric variables, attitudes current pregnancy, emesis, adult...

Background: The domains for moral emotions are still open to debate. Rozin et al.’s (1999) CAD triad hypothesis assumed selective, corresponding ties between three codes (community [C], autonomy [A], and divinity [D]) other-critical (contempt anger disgust [D]). Objective: To identify violations of the big in Scale examine robustness its 3-factor structure among a Japanese population. Methods: We used data group parents (n = 260) whom was distributed on web. Each domain analysed separately....

Background: Emotions are the fundamental origin of parent–child bonding, which is measurable by Scale for Parent-to-Child (SPCE) based on theories basic and self-conscious emotions. Methods: This study data from a cross-sectional that we previously reported. The consist fathers mothers who had child/children, whose eldest child’s age was at foetal stage up to 12 years old, were recruited via Internet (N = 4600). A series cluster analyses using factor scores (theta[Ө]s) all domains SPCE...

Objective: The Test of Self-Conscious Affect-3 (TOSCA-3) is a scenario-based measure self-conscious emotions. We aimed to create an abridged version the TOSCA-3 that appropriate for Japanese populations and has good fit with data, as well validate its subscales. Methods: was distributed (a) university student population (n = 512: Study 1) (b) parent 260: 2). In both studies, items factor loading < 0.33 were deleted one by select culturally scenarios each six domains 1, emotions correlated...

Background: The EASI (measuring Emotionality, Activity, Sociability, and Impulsivity) is a widely used instrument to measure children's temperament. However, its factor structure measurement structural invariances have rarely been studied. purpose of our study report the in larger population Japan searching for model that fits data sufficiently as well final model's invariance. Methods: A net-survey collected from 531 mothers 369 fathers 3- 4-year-old Japanese children. test-retest survey...