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Effect of a Cooperative Education Program Based on Precede-Proceed Model During Pregnancy on Postpartum Depression

Not Applicable
Conditions
Post Partum Depression
Interventions
Behavioral: Cooperative Education Program based on Precede-Proceed Model
Registration Number
NCT04129476
Lead Sponsor
Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
140
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

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Cooperative Education ProgramCooperative Education Program based on Precede-Proceed ModelWe explore the effects of a cooperative education program based on precede-proceed model during pregnancy on preventing postpartum depression.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Postpartum DepressionEdinburgh 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 Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Predisposing, reinforcing and enabling factors inventoryBefore 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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gonabad University of Medical Science

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Gonabad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran, Islamic Republic of

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