Determining the Effect of Telephone Counseling Service Provided to Primiparous Mothers on Postpartum Depression

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of telephone counseling services provided to primiparous mothers on postpartum depression.

Hypotheses H01; there is no difference between the postpartum depression score of the telephone counseling services group and the postpartum depression score of the control group.

The study will be carried out in two different groups. The practice will start with meeting the women who give birth will be visited by the researcher at the postpartum clinic at least 6 hours after normal birth and 12 hours after cesarean births.

After the women are evaluated in terms of eligibility criteria for the research, the women who are eligible will be informed about the research and written informed consent will be obtained from the women who accept. The random distribution of women to the study groups will be carried out using the Block Randomization method. The following applications will be made to the groups.

The researcher will contact the experimental group by phone. He will introduce herself and 6 weeks (during postpartum). It will provide the mother with the consultancy service she needs about herself and the newborn 24 hours a day. After 6 weeks, the training will end and the third researcher will make post-tests of the depression scale to both groups without knowing the experimental and control groups.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Depression, Postpartum
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Telephone Counseling

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 110
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Samsun, Turkey, 55200
    • Ondokuz Mayis University
  • Atakum
    • Samsun, Atakum, Turkey, 55200
      • Ondokuz Mayis University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• primiparous women
• Agreeing to participate in the research and obtaining written permission,
• No hearing or vision problems

Exclusion Criteria:

• multiparous women

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control group
Experimental: Telephone Counseling; Mothers in labor after normal birth at the postpartum clinic At least 6 hours later and for cesarean births, the researcher will visit the patient after 12 hours. Mothers will be interviewed according to the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, and will be informed about the study. will be given and their consent will be taken, the mother information form and the depression form will be filled in, a pre-test will be done and the communication will be completed will get their numbers. The researcher will contact the experimental group by phone. He will introduce himself and 6 weeks (during postpartum). It will provide the mother with the consultancy service she needs about herself and the newborn 24 hours a day. After 6 weeks, the training will end and the third researcher will make post-tests of the depression scale to both groups without knowing the experimental and control groups.	Other: Telephone Counseling; Mothers in labor after normal birth at the postpartum clinic At least 6 hours later and for cesarean births, the researcher will visit the patient after 12 hours. Mothers will be interviewed according to the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, and will be informed about the study. will be given and their consent will be taken, the mother information form and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) form will be filled in, a pre-test will be done and the communication will be completed. will get their numbers. The researcher will contact the experimental group by phone. He will introduce himself and 6 weeks (during postpartum) It will provide the mother with the consultancy service she needs about herself and the newborn 24 hours a day. After 6 weeks, the training will end and the third researcher will make post-tests of the depression scale to both groups without knowing the experimental and control groups.; Other Names: control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in postpartum depression	Edinburgh Postpartum depression scale Depression Scale	immediately postpartum 6 hours later and immediately after the postpartum 6 weeks later

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ondokuz Mayıs University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 7, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 3, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): March 3, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 30, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 30, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): October 6, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 3, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 2, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Mental Disorders; Mood Disorders; Pregnancy Complications; Puerperal Disorders; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Depression; Depressive Disorder; Depression, Postpartum
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2021/485

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No