Trial reportAnnals of medicine2025
Effects of neonatal behavioral assessment scale on postnatal depressive symptoms in mothers of very low birth weight infants: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Annals of medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
backgroundMental support for mothers of low birth weight infants (LBWI) or preterm infants in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a crucial issue as postpartum depressive symptoms are more prevalent among mothers of such infants in NICU compared to mothers of full-term infants.
objectiveIn this pilot randomized controlled trial, we aimed to investigate the impact of psychological intervention through the neonatal behavioral assessment scale (NBAS) administration to very low birth weight infants, with or without mothers present, on the postnatal depressive symptoms experienced by mothers.
methodsMothers of LBWI were divided into two groups depending on their presence during NBAS assessment: Group M (
resultsNo significant difference was observed in the EPDS score between the two groups in this study.
conclusionEarly intervention using the NBAS with mothers present may yield no positive and negative effects on the mothers' depressive symptoms. Due to the small sample size of this pilot study, the results should be interpreted with caution, and there remains a need for further research about the effectiveness of the NBAS as early intervention.
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