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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1544463
This article is part of the Research Topic Public Health Strategies to Improve Mental Health in the Education Sector: Perspectives and Applications View all 10 articles
Factors influencing the intention of women with perinatal depression and their spouses to seek professional psychological help: a cross-sectional latent profile analysis
Provisionally accepted- 1 School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- 2 School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China
- 3 Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- 4 Nursing Department, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
In our research, a descriptive cross-sectional study was used and the aim was to investigate the level and latent profiles of intention to seek professional psychological help in women with PND and their spouses, and identify influencing factors associated with different profiles. This study aimed to promote the use of professional psychological help services by women with PND and their spouses, and to improve the practice of perinatal psychological help services and mental health education. The findings of this study will provide crucial evidence for perinatal nurses to devise targeted intervention strategies and enhance couples’ intention to seek professional psychological assistance. Our research topic is within the scope of this journal, so we have chosen this journal as our submission journal.
Keywords: Perinatal depression, Intention, Professional psychological help, Influencing factors, latent profile analysis, Spouses
Received: 12 Dec 2024; Accepted: 18 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zou, Liu, Yang, Yang and Duan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Xia Duan, Nursing Department, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai, 200092, Shanghai Municipality, China
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