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Effect of Telephone-Based Support on Postpartum Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial
BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression (PPD) is one public health issue that affects both maternal and child health. This research studies the effect of health volunteers’ telephone- based support on decreasing PPD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This randomized controlled trial evaluated 203 women who had uncom...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518494/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26246884 |
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author | Shamshiri Milani, Hourieh Azargashb, Eznollah Beyraghi, Narges Defaie, Sara Asbaghi, Taha |
author_facet | Shamshiri Milani, Hourieh Azargashb, Eznollah Beyraghi, Narges Defaie, Sara Asbaghi, Taha |
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description | BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression (PPD) is one public health issue that affects both maternal and child health. This research studies the effect of health volunteers’ telephone- based support on decreasing PPD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This randomized controlled trial evaluated 203 women who had uncomplicated deliveries. The women completed the Edinburg Postnatal Depres- sion Scale (EPDS), 10 to 15 days after childbirth in order to be assessed for pre-trial depression scores. The cut-off point for depression was considered to be a score of >10. We randomly assigned 54 eligible mothers (n=27 per group) with mild and moderate de- pression to the intervention and control groups. In both groups, mothers received routine postpartum care. The intervention group additionally received telephone support from health volunteers. A questionnaire was used to gather demographic and obstetric infor- mation. By the end of the 6thweek, mothers completed the EPDS to be reassessed for depression after intervention. Data were analyzed using the chi-square, Fisher’s exact, t- and paired t tests. RESULTS: The mean depression scores before intervention (10 to 15 days after childbirth) in the intervention and control groups did not significantly differ (P=0.682). Depres- sion scores of the intervention and control groups showed a significant difference after 6 weeks (P=0.035). In addition, there was a significant decrease in depression for the intervention and control groups (P=0.045). CONCLUSION: Health volunteer telephone-based support effectively decreased PPD and may be beneficial to women with symptoms of mild and moderate PPD (Registration number: IRCT201202159027N1). |
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spelling | pubmed-45184942015-08-05 Effect of Telephone-Based Support on Postpartum Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial Shamshiri Milani, Hourieh Azargashb, Eznollah Beyraghi, Narges Defaie, Sara Asbaghi, Taha Int J Fertil Steril Original Article BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression (PPD) is one public health issue that affects both maternal and child health. This research studies the effect of health volunteers’ telephone- based support on decreasing PPD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This randomized controlled trial evaluated 203 women who had uncomplicated deliveries. The women completed the Edinburg Postnatal Depres- sion Scale (EPDS), 10 to 15 days after childbirth in order to be assessed for pre-trial depression scores. The cut-off point for depression was considered to be a score of >10. We randomly assigned 54 eligible mothers (n=27 per group) with mild and moderate de- pression to the intervention and control groups. In both groups, mothers received routine postpartum care. The intervention group additionally received telephone support from health volunteers. A questionnaire was used to gather demographic and obstetric infor- mation. By the end of the 6thweek, mothers completed the EPDS to be reassessed for depression after intervention. Data were analyzed using the chi-square, Fisher’s exact, t- and paired t tests. RESULTS: The mean depression scores before intervention (10 to 15 days after childbirth) in the intervention and control groups did not significantly differ (P=0.682). Depres- sion scores of the intervention and control groups showed a significant difference after 6 weeks (P=0.035). In addition, there was a significant decrease in depression for the intervention and control groups (P=0.045). CONCLUSION: Health volunteer telephone-based support effectively decreased PPD and may be beneficial to women with symptoms of mild and moderate PPD (Registration number: IRCT201202159027N1). Royan Institute 2015 2015-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4518494/ /pubmed/26246884 Text en Any use, distribution, reproduction or abstract of this publication in any medium, with the exception of commercial purposes, is permitted provided the original work is properly cited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Shamshiri Milani, Hourieh Azargashb, Eznollah Beyraghi, Narges Defaie, Sara Asbaghi, Taha Effect of Telephone-Based Support on Postpartum Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title | Effect of Telephone-Based Support on Postpartum
Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full | Effect of Telephone-Based Support on Postpartum
Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_fullStr | Effect of Telephone-Based Support on Postpartum
Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Telephone-Based Support on Postpartum
Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_short | Effect of Telephone-Based Support on Postpartum
Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_sort | effect of telephone-based support on postpartum
depression: a randomized controlled trial |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518494/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26246884 |
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