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The Effect of a Self Care Program on Postpartum Quality of Life

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a self care program based on the teach back model on postpartum quality of life in women who visited health care centers

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2015012820854N1
Enrollment
80
Registered
2015-12-12
Start date
2015-10-12
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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Conditions

Postpartum Quality of Life. -

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: the postpartum care teaching is done individually and face-to-face, according to the defined plan, the intervention consists of two sessions of self-care teaching b
Lifestyle
Intervention group: the postpartum care teaching is done individually and face-to-face, according to the defined plan, the intervention consists of two sessions of self-care teaching based on the teac
Control group: The control group will receive training routine postpartum.

Sponsors

Vice chancellor for Research and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Women who are willing to participate in the study; They should be living in Darreh Shahr County; They should be nulliparous;; They should have a singleton, term and vaginal delivery; They should have given birth to an alive, healthy child resulting from a wanted pregnancy and weighing 2500 to 4000 grams; They should not have a history of primary infertility; They should have received prenatal care, they should not smoke, and they should not use any narcotic drugs; They should not have any recognized psychological, medical and obstetric; have a low-risk pregnancy; They should not have a difficult delivery (dystocia, instrumental delivery with forceps and vacuum); They should not have encountered any stressful events during the last 9 months (leaving of their spouse or divorce, death of one of their first-degree relatives, accident, burglary, horrible illness of the person or one of her close relatives); They should not have experienced any intrapartum or early postpartum complications, such as: severe hemorrhage. Exclusion criteria: The researcher's accessibility to the participant is not possible for any reasons, such as: moving to a different place to live; Their infant is in need of special care; Mothers who have postpartum depression (using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)); They do not breastfeed their baby.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Postpartum Quality of Life. Timepoint: The second or third days after birth before intervention, 6 t0 8 weeks after delivery after intervention. Method of measurement: postpartum quality of life questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactGhiasvand Fatemeh

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science

Fghiasvand53@gmail.com+98 218865536671

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026