Investigating the effect of probiotics on the postpartum quality of life

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Iranian and resident of Mashhad
primiparous
age 18-35
No current illness and no history of depression and mental illnesses during pregnancy (including anxiety disorders and postpartum grief and mental illnesses acknowledged by the mother herself, Any type of mental disorder that has led to outpatient or inpatient drug treatment)
Obtaining a less than severe score from the DASS21 questionnaire in the subscale of Depression (score zero to 20), anxiety (score zero to 14) and stress (score zero to 25)
Not having a chronic disease (including: chronic heart and lung diseases, kidney, diabetes, blood pressure, cancer, diseases, rheumatism, immune deficiencies (allergy and asthma confirmed by a doctor), anemia and any disease that has lasted more than three months)
No smoking and alcohol and Tobacco
singleton pregnancy
The birth of a healthy and mature baby with a weight of 2500 to 4000 grams
Not using probiotics from 2 weeks before the start of the intervention
during low-risk pregnancy and delivery without complications (absence of premature delivery, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, blood pressure during pregnancy, gestational diabetes, infectious diseases such as hepatitis or AIDS, Not having an IUGR fetus, liver disorders (pregnancy fatty liver), polyhydraminosis and oligohydraminosis, placenta provia and placental adhesion. vaginal delivery without 3rd and 4th degree rupture)
vaginal birth
Living with a spouse
Absence of the fetus suffering from any abnormality during pregnancy (any type of abnormality and disorder detected in pregnancy screening tests and ultrasounds)

Exclusion Criteria

The unwillingness of the mother to participate in the study
Unfortunate events in the last three months (suffering from mental illness, serious illness of oneself or spouse, death of a close relative, unemployment, accident, and severe family disputes)
Failure to breastfeed the baby for any reason
Postpartum complications (postpartum bleeding, hysterectomy, infection, and hospitalization of the mother or baby for any reason)
A newborn suffering from jaundice and any other problems (heart, respiratory problems)
Mother's breastfeeding problems that cause the inability to breastfeed the baby
Death of a baby
Taking antibiotics at the same time as taking probiotics
A baby with an abnormality (any type of abnormality diagnosed by a doctor)

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life after childbirth. Timepoint: 3rd to 5th day after delivery, 10-14 days after delivery, 30 days after taking medicine. Method of measurement: Postnatal Quality Of Life Specialized Questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement of mood and psychological symptoms after childbirth. Timepoint: 3rd to 5th day after delivery, 10-14 days after delivery, 30 days after taking medicine. Method of measurement: A specific measuring tool for the quality of life after childbirth, the Edinburgh Depression Questionnaire.;Improvement of physical symptoms after childbirth. Timepoint: 3rd to 5th day after delivery, 10-14 days after delivery, 30 days after taking medicine. Method of measurement: A specific measuring tool for the quality of life after childbirth, the Edinburgh Depression Questionnaire.