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DEMORALIZATION, DEPRESSION AND ANXIENTY IN POSTPARTUM WOMEN OF CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS IN AUSTRALIA
INTRODUCTION The present study aims to investigate whether mothers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds present with higher levels of demoralization in comparison with their non-minority counterparts, and to explore potential correlations between demoralization and anxiety as well as depression in the same sample of mothers.
METHODS Women admitted to a public tertiary care teaching hospital were invited to participate in the study within 24–48 hours following delivery. The study compared women who did not regard English as their main spoken language to native English-speaking women. Women were asked to complete the demographic Kissane Demoralization Scale (KDS) and Being a Mother Scale (BaM-13) questionnaires. Participants were contacted by phone, 6 to 8 weeks after they had completed the KDS and the BaM-13 questionnaires, to complete an Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and State Trait Anxiety Scale
(STAI) questionnaires.
RESULTS Mothers of CALD background presented with significantly higher scores on the KDS (p
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