Parents' Postnatal Sense of Security: A Concept Analysis.
Tieying Zeng, Lingjun Jiang, Deqing Huang and 2 others
PMID 39614611WHAT IT FOUND
Postpartum parents felt secure when their bodies were not threatened, they felt able to manage parenting, and trusted available support.
Midwife encouragement, family help, infant health, and shared discharge decisions were linked to that security.
Key findings
01The concept was described as feeling that physical well-being is not threatened, feeling confident and in control of the parenting role, and feeling confident in available relationships.
02Antecedents included preparation for child rearing, familiar or safe environment, general well-being of baby and parents, support from medical staff and family, and being empowered by medical staff.
03Only seven studies addressed consequences, and the analysis reported that parents' postnatal sense of security was linked to parental adaptation, lower maternal postnatal depression symptoms, infant care, and parent-infant relationship.
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What it does not show
Only Chinese and English articles were included. The paper did not study parents directly, so it cannot show that any factor improves postnatal sense of security. The analysis reported inconsistent findings about hospital versus home environments. It did not test interventions or measure outcomes in patients.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest. The work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as proof that midwife support, empowerment, or discharge decisions improve parents' postnatal sense of security. The paper analysed concepts from existing literature and did not test those practices in patients.