Nursing Science Foundation Switzerland

A pilot study was conducted to assess the merits and feasibility of a standardized postnatal psycho-educational interview on mothers' mental wellbeing, self-efficacy, and mother-child and couple relationships. A comparison of prenatal psycho-educational interview (n=23) vs. pre- and post-natal psycho-educational interviews (n=26) was carried out. Parental self-efficacy and the mother-child relationship were significantly improved for the group who received a post-natal interview at 2 and 3months postpartum in addition to a prenatal interview. Pre- and post-natal interviews improve the construction of parenthood.