Trial reportBMC women's health2020
The effect of counseling with a skills training approach on maternal functioning: a randomized controlled clinical trial.
Trial report in BMC women's health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effectiveness of Regionalization of Perinatal Care and Specific Facility-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review.Neonatology · 2025Pooled it
- Midwife-led psychosocial counseling with family support on postpartum depression and maternal functioning: a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Trial
- Effect of postpartum clinical guideline on maternal outcomes in iranian women: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- Maternal psychological distress, breast milk extracellular vesicles, and infant immunity: A translational study.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
- Impact of Health Education Sessions on Mothers' Quality of Life in Postpartum Period: Results of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Health science reports · 2025Article
- The impact of nursing care based on transition theory on maternal role performance and parental self-efficacy in primiparous women: a randomized controlled study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Breastfeeding counseling in rooming-in care: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- The Effect of Tele-Continuous Care on Maternal Functioning and Neonatal Perception among Iranian Primiparous Mothers: A Randomized Field Trial Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Quality of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Service Provision and Its Determinants: The Case of Health Facility Readiness and Mothers' Perspectives.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- The effect of in-home supportive counseling on maternal functioning and self-efficacy following cesarean section among primiparous women.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Family and Spousal Support Are Associated with Higher Levels of Maternal Functioning in a Study of Iranian Postpartum Women.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A structural equation modelling of the direct and indirect factors associated with functional status over time as measured by WHODAS-32 items among postpartum women in Northwest Ethiopia.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- The effectiveness of psycho-educational counseling in pregnant women with preeclampsia: A systematic review.Journal of public health research · 2022Review
- Editorial: Perinatal mood symptoms and postpartum maternal functioning: Describing the evidence related to effective and ineffective interventions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Persian version of the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF): a cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Comparison of Maternal Functioning between Iranian Mothers with and without Depressive Symptoms: A Case-Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe role of the mother can be deeply satisfying, but it is associated with many challenges including challenges during the postpartum period that may impede the optimal development of the infant. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of counseling using the Skills Training Approach (STA) on postpartum maternal functioning.
methodsThis randomized controlled trial was performed on 68 postpartum women who referred to health centers of Tabriz-Iran in 2019. Participants were assigned to one of two groups - either counseling or control through the block randomization method. The intervention group received four counseling sessions using the Skills Training Approach (STA). Before and two weeks after the completion of the intervention, the Barkin Index of Maternal Functionning (BIMF) was completed by the participants. The independent t-test and ANCOVA (Analysis of Covariance) was used to analyze the data.
resultsThere was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of sociodemographic characteristics and the baseline scores of the BIMF and its domains (p > 0.05). Before the intervention, the mean (SD) total score of the BIMF in the intervention group was 73.1 (8.5) and in the control group, it was 71.6 (4.8). Post-intervention, the mean (SD) of the total score of the BIMF in the intervention group was 95.8 (11.8) and in the control group, it was 70.3 (4.5). Based on the ANCOVA test and after adjusting the baseline score, the mean total score of the BIMF was significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group (Mean Difference (MD): 22.9; 95% CI: 18.2 to 27.6; p < 0.001). The post-intervention scores of all domains of the BIMF including self-care (MD: 3.8), infant care (MD: 2.0), mother-child interaction (MD: 4.8), psychological wellbeing (MD: 8.4), social support (MD: 4.0), management (MD: 6.8), and adjustment to new motherhood (MD: 3.2) were significantly higher in the intervention group compared to the control group (P < 0.001).
conclusionIn this study, counseling, using STA, was effective in improving maternal functioning in all of the domains. This intervention, aimed at skill-building, should be strongly considered where improved postpartum functioning is the goal.
trial registrationIRCT20120718010324N49. Registered 18 January 2019.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.