ArticleJournal of caring sciences2013
The effect of peers support on postpartum depression: a single-blind randomized clinical trial.
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- Effect of telecounseling on depressive symptoms in primiparous women during the postpartum period: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Mom Supporting Mom: Effective Peer Support Intervention for Women with Postpartum Psychological Distress.Psychosocial intervention · 2025Trial
- Maternal peer support preferences during the perinatal period.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- The differential effect of sources of social support on postpartum depression: the mediating role of resilience.Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM · 2025Article
- Development of Powerly, unguided mobile app intervention preventing postpartum depression and anxiety & study protocol of randomized clinical trial.Internet interventions · 2025Article
- Postpartum Depression and Maternal Care: Exploring the Complex Effects on Mothers and Infants.Cureus · 2023Review
- What is the volume, diversity and nature of recent, robust evidence for the use of peer support in health and social care? An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- Inequities in Availability of Evidence-Based Birth Supports to Improve Perinatal Health for Socially Vulnerable Rural Residents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Contemporary management of unipolar depression in the perinatal period.Expert review of neurotherapeutics · 2021Article
- The effectiveness of mobile phone text massaging support for mothers with postpartum depression: A clinical before and after study.Journal of family medicine and primary careArticle
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Abstract
introductionPostpartum depression and its consequences not only involve mothers and their children but it will also affect their families. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of mothers receiving peer support on postpartum depression.
methods100 eligible primiparous women participated in a randomized clinical trial. The intervention group received phone calls by their peers from the last three months of pregnancy until two months after delivery. The control group only had access to routine care. Both groups in the second month after delivery were checked regarding depression using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Data analysis was performed using independent t-test, chi-square test and covariance analysis.
resultsMean depression score before intervention was 13.92 (3.23) in the control group and 14.06 (3.12) in the intervention group. In week 8 after delivery, mean score of depression in control group was 13.29 (4.08) but in the intervention group it was reduced to 10.25 (4.18). Difference in the reduction of mean postpartum depression score between the two groups showed statistically significant difference (p < 0.001).
conclusionThis study showed that peer support was effective in the prevention of postpartum depression, therefore, it is recommended to be used in the reduction of postpartum depression.
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