Postpartum Depression
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: The intervention provides information via a smartphone application named SMART MAMA for 12 weeks. The women download the application at the time of the baseline survey, and they can ac
s attention, encouragement, and motivation.
Intervention 2: The control provides standard routine postnatal care provided clinic, which generally includes nursing care during the hospitalization, such
Sponsors
Hiroshima University
Kitamura Clinic
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Women in the postpartum period with full-term delivery. 2. Age about 18 and above years old. 3. Free from any mental or psychiatric disorders, including alcohol or substance abuse 4. Having no obstetric diseases (eclampsia and placenta previa., etc.) 5. Able to use the app on a smartphone for the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Having serious underlying disease, including autoimmune disease. 2. Had complicated 4th-degree perineal tear. 3. Have delivered a newborn with an apparent congenital anomaly.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postpartum depressive symptoms measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score at the baseline and 12 months after the intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The level of anxiety measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and maternal-infant bonding measured by the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYoko Shimpuku
Hiroshima University Global Health Nursing, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Science
Outcome results
None listed