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The effect of volunteer’s telephone-based support on the effect of telephone-based support on postnatal depression

The effect of volunteer’s telephone-based support on the effect of volunteers' telephone-based support on decreasing the postnatal depression decreasing the postnatal depression

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT201202159027N1
Enrollment
54
Registered
2012-04-09
Start date
2012-04-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Postnatal depression. Mild mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

Intervention 1: The intervention group 1 will receive routine postpartum care plus volunteers’ telephone-based supports till 6 weeks. Eight health volunteers will be trained and every of them will cov
The intervention group 1 will receive routine postpartum care plus volunteers’ telephone-based supports till 6 weeks. Eight health volunteers will be trained and every of them will cover 3-4 mothers f
Interventeion group 2: The intervention group two will receive only routine postnatal care and have the same characteristic as intervention group one.

Sponsors

Deputy of Reaserch, Faculty of Medicnie, Shahid Beheshti University of Medica
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criterion were: term live childbirth. Exclusion criteria were: history of mental disorder; episodes of mental disorders during pregnancy or last year that necessitate medicine use; dead fetus; history of postpartum depression; current use of psychiatric prescribed drugs and the EPDS score more than 14

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Postnatal depression. Timepoint: Before intervention and six weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Edinburg Postnatal Deprssion Scale.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactHourieh Shamshiri Milani

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

hshamshiri@sbmu.ac.irhourieh_milani@yahoo.com+98 21 2243 9936

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026