Post Partum Depression
Conditions
Brief summary
This trail aims to evaluate the effects of a cooperative education program based on precede-proceed model during pregnancy on preventing postpartum depression in southern Razavi Khorasan Province.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCooperative Education Program based on Precede-Proceed Model
The study population is pregnant women in Gonabad city between 30 and 35 weeks of gestation. In the experimental group, the training program was based on the PRECEDE-PROCEDURE model, including training on anatomy and prenatal physiology, prenatal and postnatal care, prenatal and postnatal mental health, as well as prenatal and postnatal events, and Mothers' feelings and attitudes, as well as postpartum problems and strategies will be discussed. The training period is 60 minutes in 4 consecutive sessions. Predisposing, reinforcing and enabling factors inventory, General health questionnaire (GHQ), Edinburgh depression inventory Will be filled Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 4 to 6 weeks after the intervention.
Sponsors
Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Informed consent to participate in the research * Gestational age 30-35 weeks * Be literate * No history of depression or mental illness in the past * Healthy fetus on ultrasound
Exclusion criteria
* Having a preterm birth * Refusal to attend training sessions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Postpartum Depression | Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale will be filled from baseline to 6 week | Depression in POSTPARTUM WOMEN, usually within four weeks after giving birth (PARTURITION). The degree of depression ranges from mild transient depression to neurotic or psychotic depressive disorders. It includes 10 questions and each question is scored from 0 to 3. The total score ranges from 0 to 30 and a score of 10-13 indicates mild postpartum depression while a score of 14-15 indicates moderate postpartum depression. Score of 16 or higher is considered as severe depression which necessitates introduction to a psychologist. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Predisposing, reinforcing and enabling factors inventory | Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 4 to 6 weeks after the intervention. | for this section, a questionnaire was designed based on a literature review and according to educational and ecological Phase of precede-proceed model. Predisposing factors will be measured using 10 and 18 questions regarding knowledge and attitude, respectively. The second section of the questionnaire will be related to the enabling factors which were measured through 6 questions. Yes or no questions were designed and scored as follows: no=1, somewhat=2, yes=3. The third section of the questionnaire measures reinforcing factors through 2 questions with yes, no and somewhat answers being scored as 2, 0 and 1, respectively. |
| General health questionnaire (GHQ) | Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 4 to 6 weeks after the intervention. | The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is a screening device for identifying minor psychiatric disorders in the general population and within community or non-psychiatric clinical settings such as primary care or general medical out-patients.it consists of 4 subscales including physical symptoms, anxiety symptoms, social functioning and depressive symptoms. Each scale is made of 7 questions which are assessed based on a Likert scale scoring as never (0), few (1), high (2) and very high (3). The total score for each person ranges from 0 to 84. Cutoff point for the questionnaire is reported to be 23. In this method, individuals with score of 23 or less are considered healthy and those with score of 24 or higher are suspected to be mentally disordered. |
Countries
Iran
Contacts
Primary ContactMahdi Moshki
Backup ContactAtefeh Dehnoalian
Outcome results
None listed