Online mental health screening for rural fathers over the perinatal period.
Objective: To determine the feasibility of identifying distressed fathers in rural areas of NSW via a 'light touch' support program (SMS4dads). Design: A retrospective observational study using self‐reported distress and routinely captured help‐seeking behaviour over a 14‐month period (September 202...
| Publicado en: | Australian Journal of Rural Health Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 796 - 805 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Oct2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=173054697&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 173054697 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10385282 FQO jtl: Australian Journal of Rural Health issn: 10385282 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct2023 vid: 31 iid: 5 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 173054697 163896401 173054697 173054697 10.1111/ajr.12997 173054697 ppf: 796 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Online mental health screening for rural fathers over the perinatal period. aug: au: Fletcher, Richard Regan, Casey Leigh, Lucy Dizon, Jason Deering, April affil: School of Health Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan New South Wales,, Australia sug: subj: Internet-Based Intervention Mental Health Health Screening Rural Areas Fathers Psychosocial Factors Perinatal Period Human Retrospective Design Nonexperimental Studies Confidence Intervals Support, Psychosocial Mental Disorders Support, Social Depression Anxiety Pilot Studies Scales Psychological Well-Being Descriptive Statistics Suicide Help Seeking Behavior ab: Objective: To determine the feasibility of identifying distressed fathers in rural areas of NSW via a 'light touch' support program (SMS4dads). Design: A retrospective observational study using self‐reported distress and routinely captured help‐seeking behaviour over a 14‐month period (September 2020–December 2021) comparing rural and urban fathers. Setting: Rural and urban Local Health Districts in NSW. Participants: A total of 3261 expectant and new fathers enrolled in a text‐based information and support service (SMS4dads). Main Outcome Measures: Registrations, K10 score, program engagement, attrition, escalation and referral to online mental health services. Results: Rural (13.3%) and urban (13.2%) enrolments were equivalent. Rural fathers had higher rates of distress than urban fathers (rural 19%; urban 16%) and were more likely to be smokers, consume alcohol at risky levels and report lower education levels. Rural fathers were more likely to exit the program early (HR = 1.32; 95% CI 1.08–1.62; p = 0.008); however, once adjusted for demographic factors aside from rurality, this increased likelihood was nonsignificant (HR = 1.10; 95% CI 0.88–1.38; p = 0.401). Although engagement with psychological support during the program was equivalent, a greater proportion of rural participants were escalated to online mental health support (7.7%) than urban participants (6.1%); however, this was nonsignificant (p = 0.222). Conclusion: Digital platforms offering text‐based parenting information in a 'light touch' format may be an effective way to screen rural fathers for mental distress and connect them to online support. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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