The effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Postpartum Blues in women referring to hedayat hospital of Tehran in 2011
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Postpartum Blues.Mild mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- IRCT201101265698N1
- Lead Sponsor
- International Branch of Shahid Beheshti Medical Univercity
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 96
Inclusion Criteria
18-35 year old women with singleton and requested pregnancies; Gestational age greater than 37 and less than 42 completed weeks, (the date of last menstrual period or first trimester ultrasound; literate; no history of mental disorders and stress; no traumatic event happened to them during the past 6 months; no history of two or more miscarriages, stillbirth and infertility; no adverse pregnancy outcomes;
Exclusion criteria: Birth weight below 2500 gr; mother or baby admitted in hospital; no exclusive breastfeeding; lack of skin to skin contact immediately after birth.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postparum blues. Timepoint: with intervention, On the days of first, third, fifth and tenth postnatal. Method of measurement: Stein's Postpartum blues questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method