A two-centred pragmatic randomised controlled trial of two interventions of postnatal support

• Published in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Vol. 109; no. 10; pp. 1164 - 1170
• Main Authors: Reid, M, Glazener, C, Murray, G.D, Taylor, G.S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 01.10.2002; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation; Depression, Postpartum - prevention & control; Female; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Health Status; Humans; Maternal, fetal and perinatal monitoring; Medical sciences; Mental Health; Postnatal Care - methods; Pregnancy; Scotland; Social Support; Software Design; Surveys and Questionnaires; Treatment Outcome; Scotland; United Kingdom > UK; Short term; Performance evaluation; Human; User; Manuals; Depression; Health service; Group psychotherapy; Health education; Puerperium; Mother; Female; Medium term; Comparative study; Social support

To establish whether providing additional postnatal support during the early postnatal months influences women's physical and psychological health and to identify health service benefits. Pragmatic randomised controlled trial with a 2 × 2 factorial design with two interventions. Community centr...