Effect of Targeted Health Education Program on Nurses' Awareness About Postpartum Depression (PPD)

To assess nurses' knowledge of PPD at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital and measure their knowledge level after an educational program on postpartum depression.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Postpartum Depression
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Effect of Targeted Health Education Program on Nurses' Awareness About Postpartum Depression

Detailed Description

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious mental illness that involves the brain and affects behavior and physical health of women after childbirth . Multiple factors may influence PPD, such as lack of support, interpersonal events, withdrawal of hormones after delivery, psychosocial stressors, psychological stressors, personality, environment, and ineffective adaptation.

Symptoms of PPD may include feeling restless or moody, feeling sad, crying a lot, having thoughts about hurting the baby or yourself, not feeling connected to the baby, having no energy or motivation, eating, or sleeping too little or too much, feeling worthless and guilty, losing interest or pleasure in activities, and withdrawing from friends and family .

PPD is one of the most important health problems due to its prevalence; 10-15% . and serious negative mother-baby outcomes. PPD affects the health of mothers and their newborns and is associated with long-term psychological and socioeconomic implications .

As the knowledge affects attitudes and practices of people, nurses' knowledge can affect profoundly women after birth specially regarding PPD .

In an American web-based study , nurses' self-efficacy about PPD was associated to their knowledge . In another American electronic survey of 372 nurses, 95% reported an association between post-partum education and mortality and 72% reported that it is their responsibility to provide education to mothers .

In a Ghanaian study, nurses had good knowledge about PPD but poor knowledge about screening and management . In a Kazakh study, 90% of nurses didn't attend training courses on PPD ).

Furthermore, in a Malaysian study, 44.4 % of participants were below than median total knowledge score and only 25.9% practiced screening. In a Saudi study, the confidence of nurses and midwives to educate women about PPD was associated with their knowledge. In a Turkish study, 84.4 % of nurses had little knowledge and 75.5% reported that psychological service for evaluating mothers wasn't offered.

PPD can have devastating effects on women, their infants, and families associated with lower levels of bonding and reduced breastfeeding initiation and duration. Consequently, women experiencing PPD may cause harm to their baby, themselves, or others.

As, nurses in Maternity Hospitals are poised to play a pivotal role in the early identification and prompt treatment of PPD, assessing their knowledge is very important. To date, according to our knowledge, there is no previous study in Egypt assessing the nurses' knowledge about PPD, therefore the present study will be conducted to compare their knowledge regarding PPD before and after the health education program.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt, 1181
    • faculty of medicine Ain shams university

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Nurses at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

none

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Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: An intervention study (a quasi-experimental design); An intervention study (a quasi-experimental design)pre&post	Other: Effect of Targeted Health Education Program on Nurses' Awareness About Postpartum Depression; Quazi-Experimental study (pre/post design) to assess the Effect of Targeted Health Education Program on Nurses' Awareness About Postpartum Depression; Other Names: Quazi-Experimental study (pre/post design).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
To measure the mean change in the nurses' knowledge score after applying the health education program about postpartum depression	Evaluate the effect of the targeted health education program on nurses' knowledge score using a self-administer questionnaire consisting of 28 items covering main issues regarding prevalence risk factors, symptoms, and treatment of PPD. The answer to each question had two options (true or false). The total score ranges from 0-28	one month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: rasha saad Hussein, MD, Faculty of medicine Ain shams univrsity

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 28, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 28, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): March 28, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 10, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 16, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 22, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 22, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 16, 2024
• Last Verified: May 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: Nurses' Awareness About PPD

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