Difficulties of midwives in providing mental health support to postpartum women at the one-month postpartum checkup and their relationship with empathic characteristics

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• To identify the difficulties midwives face in supporting postpartum women with mental health issues and how these relate to their empathy levels.
• Qualitative assessment of midwives' experiences during postpartum checkups.
• Analysis of empathic characteristics using surveys or interviews.
• Exploration of mental health support practices during the one-month checkup.
• Midwives reported significant challenges in addressing mental health concerns during checkups.
• A relationship was found between the level of empathy and the effectiveness of mental health support.
• Increased empathy in midwives correlated with better support for postpartum women's mental health.