Effect of exercise on postpartum depression and postpartum fatigue
- Conditions
- postpartum depression.deppressive episode
- Registration Number
- IRCT201008193706N5
- Lead Sponsor
- Research deputy of Tabriz university of medical sciences
- Brief Summary
The effect of a home-based exercise intervention on postnatal depression and fatigue: A randomized controlled trial <br /> Mohammadi F, Malakooti J, Babapoor J, Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi S.<br /> This study aims to determine the effectiveness of home-based low-intensity stretching and breathing exercises on the reduction of 1 and 2 month post-partum depression (primary outcome) and fatigue (secondary outcome) scores. In this randomized controlled trial, 127 women at 26–32 weeks’ gestation with Edinburgh score less than 15, who attended 14 selected health centres in Tabriz, Iran, were randomly allocated into one of the following three groups: no intervention group, group receiving training for exercise during pregnancy, and group receiving training for exercise during pregnancy and post-partum period until 2 months after delivery. Depression and fatigue scores were measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Fatigue Identification Form, respectively, at baseline, 1 month and 2 months after delivery.<br /> The data were analysed with SPSS-ver. 13.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) using chi-square, Fisher’s exact and Kruskal–Wallis tests. Mean rank of the difference scores of depression and fatigue were not significantly different among the groups, both at 1 and 2 months post-partum (P > 0.05). Therefore, this study did not provide evidence to show that training women to do the home-based exercises during pregnancy or during pregnancy and post-partum period have a<br /> preventive effect on post-partum depression and fatigue. However, more studies are needed for making precise judgment.<br /> Key words: exercise, postnatal depression, postnatal fatigue.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 126
Pregnant women with 26-32 weeks of gestational age and with an alive fetus; 6 years or over education; not currently suffering from disease that would limit exercise (cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal,...); not currently taking medication that interferes with heart rate response to exercise - no history of threaded to abortion in present pregnancy - no signs of preterm labor in present pregnancy; not having the placenta previa in present pregnancy; nonexistence of fetal malformations; score of less than 15 on the Edinburgh scale; no history of medication and hospitalization for a psychiatric disorder in the past 6 months; not currently participating in regular high tensity exercise (60 min or more in a week); having the CD-player set or computer and knowing how to use it. Exclusion criteria: obstetric or concomitant disease which would have preclude participation in an exercise program; any condition that would make exercise unsafe or unwise (vaginal bleeding, rupture of membrane, palpitation, dyspnea,....); occurring the fetal or infant death during the study; confirmed fetal malformations.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postpartum depression. Timepoint: 1) befor intervention, 2) 4 and 8 weeks after birth. Method of measurement: Edinburgh scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Potpartum fatigue. Timepoint: 1)before intervention, 2) 4 and 8 weeks after birth. Method of measurement: fatigue identification form.