The impact of family functioning on loneliness among women during home-based postpartum confinement (Zuo Yuezi): the mediating role of social connectedness (opens in new tab)

ObjectivesThis study aimed to examine the association between family functioning and loneliness among women undergoing home-based postpartum confinement in China and to assess whether social connectedness, measured by the LSNS-6, statistically accounted for this association.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among 507 postpartum women attending their 6-week follow-up visit at a maternal and child health hospital in Guangzhou, China. Participants completed the UCLA Loneliness Scale-...