Health literacy and parenting infants at home: protocol for a qualitative systematic review of parents' experiences.

Objective: This systematic review will identify and synthesize the available qualitative evidence regarding parents' experiences of health literacy in parenting infants at home.

Introduction: Parental health literacy, which is essential for parents' and children's health, is associated with parents' health knowledge, parenting practices, and children's health outcomes. Parents face difficulties pertaining to their health literacy skills in daily health education and health care for their infants; therefore, understanding their parenting experience with infants from a health literacy perspective is important for health professionals.

Experiences of transition to motherhood among pregnant women following assisted reproductive technology: a qualitative systematic review.

Objective: This systematic review aimed to identify and synthesize available qualitative evidence regarding the experiences of the transition to motherhood among pregnant women following assisted reproductive technology.

Introduction: Pregnant women experience unique challenges to their identity when transitioning to motherhood following assisted reproductive technology. It is important that health care professionals understand the context and complexity of emotional adaptation to pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology.

Effectiveness of parenting education for expectant primiparous women in Asia: a systematic review.

Objective: This review evaluated the effectiveness of antenatal parenting education versus usual care for maternal confidence, maternal depressive symptoms, and parenting stress among expectant primiparous women in Asia.

Introduction: Previous reviews on parenting education have mostly examined practices in non-Asian countries and found that no single parenting education program met the needs of all parents. Given that there may be some common characteristics in Asian cultures, such as grandparents' involvement with child care, this review focused on specific interventions in determining the effects of practices on particular outcomes in these populations, so that providers of antenatal education can tailor interventions that are more culturally appropriate for Asian women.

Experiences of transition to motherhood among pregnant women following assisted reproductive technology: a systematic review protocol of qualitative evidence.

Objective: This systematic review aims to identify and synthesize available qualitative evidence related to the experiences of transition to motherhood during pregnancy in women who conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART).

Introduction: Women who conceived through ART experience pregnancy-specific anxiety and paradoxical feelings, and face unique challenges in their identity transition to motherhood. It is important for healthcare professionals working with these women to understand the context and complexity of this special path to parenthood, including the emotional adaptation to pregnancy following ART.

Effectiveness of parenting education for expectant primiparous women in Asian countries: a quantitative systematic review protocol.

What is the effect of antenatal parenting education on parenting stress, maternal depressive symptoms and maternal confidence, compared to usual care, for expectant primiparous women in Asian countries?

Relationship between the mode of conception and depressive symptoms during the first 6 months post-partum in Japan.

Purpose: To determine whether conventional treatment and assisted reproductive technology for infertility are associated with depressive symptoms and to identify the predictors of depressive symptoms during the first 6 months' post-partum.

Methods: A prospective cohort design was used, with the participants being recruited from 13 Japanese hospitals. Using self-report questionnaires, a total of 2709 women (response rate: 71.

Shoulder stiffness, back pain, and wrist pain: Are older primiparas more vulnerable?

Aim: To describe changes in prevalence of shoulder stiffness, back pain, and wrist pain during the first 6 months postpartum, and to examine the association of these symptoms with maternal age and parity.

Methods: Participants were recruited from 13 Japanese hospitals between 2012 and 2013. A total of 2709 (response rate 71.

Course of maternal fatigue and its associated factors during the first 6 months postpartum: a prospective cohort study.

Aims: To identify the course of maternal fatigue during the first 6 months postpartum and to determine factors associated with it.

Design: A prospective cohort study.

Methods: Women (=2,697) in 13 Japanese hospitals provided longitudinal data using self-report questionnaires at five time points.

Postpartum maternal function and parenting stress: Comparison by feeding methods.

Aim: This cross-sectional and longitudinal study explored primiparous mothers' functioning and parenting stress on the basis of infant-feeding method over the first 6 months postpartum.

Methods: Participants were Japanese primiparae who delivered live singleton infants (N = 1120). Questionnaires, completed at 1, 2, 4, and 6 months postpartum, included demographics, feeding method, frequency of feedings, time required from infant's feeding to falling asleep, mother's sleep time, Postnatal Accumulated Fatigue Scale, and the original Japanese version of Parenting Stress Short-Form Scale.

Association between physical and depressive symptoms during the first 6 months postpartum.

Aim: To examine the relationship between physical symptoms and depressive symptoms among new mothers during the first 6 months postpartum.

Methods: Prospective cohort study design was used in this study. Participants were recruited in 13 Japanese hospitals between 2012 and 2013.

Fatigue, depression, maternal confidence, and maternal satisfaction during the first month postpartum: A comparison of Japanese mothers by age and parity.

The aim of the study was to assess fatigue, depressive symptoms, and maternal confidence or satisfaction among older primiparae during the first month postpartum. The number of older Japanese primiparae has rapidly increased. Older primiparae are believed to be at high risk for puerperal morbidity.

Prevalence of postpartum depressive symptoms during the first 6 months postpartum: Association with maternal age and parity.

Background: Depressive symptoms are common in postpartum women. The present study aimed to describe changes in the prevalence of depressive symptoms during the first 6 months postpartum, and their association with maternal age and parity.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted with 3769 women at 13 hospitals in Japan.

Factors affecting maternal confidence and satisfaction in older Japanese primiparae during postpartum hospital stay.

The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting maternal confidence and satisfaction in older Japanese primiparae during their postpartum hospital stay. Participants were Japanese primiparae (age ≥ 35) who delivered live singleton infants (n = 479). Questionnaires completed 1 day before discharge from hospital included the Postpartum Maternal Confidence Scale and the Postpartum Maternal Satisfaction Scale.

Cross-sectional and longitudinal validation of a 13-item fatigue scale among Japanese postpartum mothers.

This study examined the psychometric properties of a 13-item fatigue scale for postpartum mothers. Japanese mothers (n = 2026) from a cohort study completed questionnaires (e.g.

Factors affecting maternal confidence among older and younger Japanese primiparae at one month post-partum.

Aim: To compare the factors that affect maternal confidence at 1 month post-partum between older (≥35 years old) and younger (20-34 years old) primiparous Japanese mothers.

Methods: A multicenter prospective study of mothers who gave birth to live singleton infants in Japan was conducted. Following ethics approval, the participants completed questionnaires 1 day before discharge and 1 month after childbirth.

Predictors of depressive symptoms in older Japanese primiparas at 1 month post-partum: A risk-stratified analysis.

Aim: Older maternal age has become more common in Japan. Studies suggest that older maternal age and primiparity are associated with post-partum depression. The present study aimed to identify predictors of post-partum depression in older Japanese primiparas at 1 month post-partum.

Age-specific determinants of post-partum fatigue in primiparous women.

Aim: Post-partum fatigue is a serious concern for mothers worldwide. The aim of this study was to identify age-specific determinants of self-perceived fatigue after childbirth among Japanese primiparous women.

Methods: A multicenter prospective cohort study was conducted in Japan.

Comparing older and younger Japanese primiparae: fatigue, depression and biomarkers of stress.

This cohort study of primiparae was conducted to answer the following questions: Do older (≧ 35 years) and younger (20-29 years) Japanese primiparous mothers differ when comparing biomarkers of stress and measures of fatigue and depression? Are there changes in fatigue, depression and stress biomarkers when comparing older and younger mothers during the postpartum period? The Postnatal Accumulated Fatigue Scale and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale were administered in a time-series method four times: shortly after birth and monthly afterwards. Assays to measure biomarkers of stress, urinary 17-ketosteroids, urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids and salivary chromogranin-A, were collected shortly after delivery and at 1 month postpartum in both groups and a third time in older mothers at the 4th month. Statistical testing showed very little difference in fatigue, depression or stress biomarkers between older and younger mothers shortly after birth or 1 month later.

Objective sleep of older primiparous Japanese women during the first 4 months postpartum: an actigraphic study.

This longitudinal study was designed to examine objective sleep parameters of older primiparous Japanese women during the first 4 months postpartum using actigraphy. The participants were 18 older primiparae (Mean (SD) = 37.06 (2.

Predicting early post-partum depressive symptoms among older primiparous Japanese mothers.

Aim: The number of older primiparas is increasing in Japan. These women have been shown to be more vulnerable to post-partum depression. This study aimed to identify factors for predicting post-partum depressive symptoms during hospitalization after childbirth in Japanese primiparas aged 35 years and over.

Fragmented sleep and fatigue during postpartum hospitalization in older primiparous women.

The objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the associations among sleep characteristics, feeding variables, and fatigue among older Japanese primiparas (≥ 35 years old) during hospitalization after childbirth. A convenience sample of 16 participants who had given birth to a single newborn were recruited from maternity wards, and before discharge they completed a sleep assessment and questionnaires. Sleep characteristics were assessed using actigraphs.

Postpartum experiences of older Japanese primiparas during the first month after childbirth.

This study aimed to describe the postpartum experiences of older Japanese primiparas during the first month after childbirth. The participants were 21 primiparous women over 35 years of age who gave birth to a healthy child at three urban hospitals. Data were collected from July 2011 to April 2012 through a semi-structured interview about postpartum experiences after discharge.

Older Japanese primiparas' experiences at the time of their post-delivery hospital stay.

The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the postpartum experiences of older primiparas at the time of their postpartum hospital stay. Participants were Japanese primiparas aged 35-44 years who gave birth, without abnormalities for either the mother or child. Data were obtained using a semi-structured interview with 22 participants.

Experiences of Japanese men during the transition to fatherhood.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand the meaning of the lived experience of Japanese men during the transition to fatherhood.

Design: Hermeneutic phenomenology was used. Participants were 12 Japanese men who had a first-time healthy child younger than 1 year of age, who were sought by using a purposeful sampling technique.