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Effect of peer support on anxiety, self-esteem and postpartum depression

Effect of peer support on anxiety, self-esteem and postpartum depression: a single blind randomized controled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT201202266582N7
Enrollment
100
Registered
2012-04-11
Start date
2012-04-18
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

Condition 1: pstpartum depression. Condition 2: anxiety. Condition 3: self-steem. mild mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium mixed anxiety and depressive disorder Events resulting in loss of self-esteem in childhood

Interventions

B (control group): They will not receive any phone call. Only they have access to routine care.
Intervention 1: A (intervention group): They will have access to phone call at least one time in a week lasts 10 minutes from selected peers for exchanging of experiences in pregnancy, delivery and pr
Prevention
A (intervention group): They will have access to phone call at least one time in a week lasts 10 minutes from selected peers for exchanging of experiences in pregnancy, delivery and problems related t

Sponsors

Tabriz university of medical sciences-Vice chancellor for research
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 35 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: score of 11 to 23 in the Edinburgh Inventory, Primiparous women in the last three months of pregnancy, lack of illnesses like diabetes, epilepsy, high blood pressure, anemia and hypothyroidism, not happening of adverse event in the six months before, not using of psychotropic drugs and not having diseases such as mental retardation, psychological disorders and psychosis. Exclusion criteria: no maternal desire to continue participating in the study, occurring of adverse event during the study, preterm delivery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Postpartum depression. Timepoint: before intervention in the last trimester of pregnancy,after intervention in the second month after delivery. Method of measurement: Edinburgh Inventory.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Anxiety. Timepoint: before intervention in the last trimester of pregnancy, after intervention in the second month after delivery. Method of measurement: Spielberger state and trait anxiety inventory.;Self-esteem. Timepoint: before intervention in the last trimester of pregnancy, after intervention in the second month after delivery. Method of measurement: rosenberg self-esteem scale.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Outcome results

None listed

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