Psychotherapy for Postpartum Depression in Iranian Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a type of disorder could have serious effects on the mother, the baby, and other family members, given the contradictory results of the previous studies about the effect of education programs, aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of education...

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Main Authors: Masumeh Ghazanfarpour, Fatemeh Rajab Dizavandi, Leila Kargarfard, Elahe Heidari, Talat khadivzadeh, Masumeh Saeidi, Somayeh Abdolahian, Minoo Safaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2018-06-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_10535_9ee1ed99d3dfb2a075b5c3d1edcb9bd2.pdf
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Summary:Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a type of disorder could have serious effects on the mother, the baby, and other family members, given the contradictory results of the previous studies about the effect of education programs, aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of educational programs on postpartum depression in Iranian women. Materials and Methods: English electronic information databases such as Medline (via PubMed), Scopus, ISI Web of Science, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library were searched until February 2018. In addition, Iran doc, Barakatskns, Magiran, Medlib, SID, and google scholar were searched using equivalent keywords in Persian until February 2018. Cochrane Q test (p Results: The finding of the Meta –analysis indicate that education interventions was found to be more effective and could significantly improve postpartum depression (Standard Mean division (SMD) =1.44; P
ISSN:2345-5047
2345-5055