Briscoe, Lesley, Marsland, Lisa, Doyle, Carmel, Docherty, Gemma, Flynn, Anita and Gichuru, Phillip (2022). A mixed method study to explore the maternal impact and outcomes of a specialist Building Attachment and Bonds Service (The BABS Study). Health Care for Women International, 45 (12), pp. 1345-1366.
Abstract
Our intent was to explore if maternal anxiety, depression, reflective functioning and level of attachment significantly changed after the Building Bonds and Attachment Service (BABS) Intervention. We measured outcomes for 46 at risk mothers via HADS; MAAS; MPAS and P-PRFQ. Our findings, triangulated with 32 semi structured interviews identified that BABS intervention made a significant difference to participants who were admitted during the antenatal period (Pregnant group: depression 9.63[CI:7.63–11.63; p < 0.001]; anxiety 9.40[CI: 7.56–11.24]; p < 0.001]; reflective functioning 30.78[CI:24.84–36.72; p < 0.001] and maternal attachment 8.78[CI:4.08–13.48]; p 0.001). Suicidal contemplation was prevented for two women. Our conclusions explained the service made a significant difference to the lives of mothers between baseline and post intervention for pregnant mothers with anxiety and depression who struggled to bond with their baby. Appropriate referral may help to increase accessibility to those who may benefit most. Further research needs to test if this care model would be acceptable to culturally diverse populations.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2022.2129643 |
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Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Medical School Aston University (General) |
Funding Information: | Funding was awarded £22940.00 from Edge Hill University Research Investment Funding (1BRISC17). The funders are independent to the research process. |
Additional Information: | Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | General Health Professions |
Publication ISSN: | 1096-4665 |
Last Modified: | 30 May 2025 16:01 |
Date Deposited: | 30 May 2025 15:40 |
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Published Date: | 2022-11-02 |
Accepted Date: | 2022-09-23 |
Authors: |
Briscoe, Lesley
Marsland, Lisa Doyle, Carmel Docherty, Gemma Flynn, Anita Gichuru, Phillip ( ![]() |