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SynthesisClinical psychology review2013

Preventing postpartum depression: a meta-analytic review.

Laura E Sockol, C Neill Epperson, Jacques P Barber

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Clinical psychology review, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 58 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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58citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05894681 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Based on the Watson Model for the Prevention of Postpartum Depression Impact of Psychoeducational Intervention

TypeinterventionalSponsorYasemin OzhunerRan2022 to 2023Enrolled90ConditionsPregnancy RelatedArmsTHE EFFECT OF WATSON MODEL-BASED PSYCOEDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS ON PREVENTION OF POSTPARTITION DEPRESS
NCT06390540 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Mobile-Based Exercise Application in the Postpartum Period on Depressive Symptoms, Maternal Attachment and Baby Crying: A Randomized Controlled Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorAnkara UniversityRan2024 to 2025Enrolled80ConditionsPostpartum Depression, Mother-Infant InteractionArmsExercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Interpersonal Psychotherapy to Reduce Psychological Distress in Perinatal Women: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  18. Mental Health Awareness and Access to Services in Postpartum Women.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura E SockolWilliams College, Department of Psychology, United States; Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, United States; University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology, United States. Electronic address: Laura.E.Sockol@gmail.com.
C Neill Epperson
Jacques P Barber
University of Pennsylvania · USAdelphi University · US

Funding

Neuroendocrine Contribution to Behavior & Cognition in the Female LifespanK24DA030301 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EPPERSON, C. NEILL · 2010 to 2014
$954k
NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA030301
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This meta-analysis assessed the efficacy of a wide range of preventive interventions designed to reduce the severity of postpartum depressive symptoms or decrease the prevalence of postpartum depressive episodes. A systematic review identified 37 randomized or quasi-randomized controlled trials in which an intervention was compared to a control condition. Differences between treatment and control conditions in the level of depressive symptoms and prevalence of depressive episodes by 6 months postpartum were assessed in separate analyses. Depressive symptoms were significantly lower at post-treatment in intervention conditions, with an overall effect size in the small range after exclusion of outliers (Hedges' g=0.18). There was a 27% reduction in the prevalence of depressive episodes in intervention conditions by 6 months postpartum after removal of outliers and correction for publication bias. Later timing of the postpartum assessment was associated with smaller differences between intervention and control conditions in both analyses. Among studies that assessed depressive symptoms using the EPDS, higher levels of depressive symptoms at pre-treatment were associated with smaller differences in depressive symptoms by 6 months postpartum. These findings suggest that interventions designed to prevent postpartum depression effectively reduce levels of postpartum depressive symptoms and decrease risk for postpartum depressive episodes.

Indexed as

DepressionDepression, PostpartumFemaleHumansPsychotherapyTreatment OutcomeMeta-analysisPostpartum depressionPrevention

Identifiers

PMID24211712
PMCPMC4104584
OpenAlexW2012932867

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