The Effect of Podcast Education on Postpartum Depression, Maternal Attachment, and Self-Care Agency in the Early Postpartum Period: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Providing discharge education via podcasts.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Podcast, Postpartum Woman. Basic parameters: from 19 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The population of the study, planned as a randomized controlled experimental design, consists of primiparous women who gave birth in the delivery unit of Istanbul Esenler Women's Health and Pediatric Diseases Hospital. The sample of the study will be composed of 110 postpartum women who meet the sampling criteria, are willing to participate, and are determined by power analysis. The study includes two groups: the "intervention group (n=55)," who will receive discharge education through podcasts in the early postpartum period, and the "control group (n=55)," who will receive routine discharge education. Women in the intervention group will listen to four podcasts, each lasting 5-6 minutes, about discharge education during the early postpartum period. Before the data collection forms are applied, participants will be asked to complete an "Informed Consent Form." All groups will be evaluated with the "Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale," the "Maternal Attachment Scale," and the "Self-Care Agency Scale" both before and after the intervention. The discussion and conclusions of the study will be written based on the results obtained.
Interventions
- Other Providing discharge education via podcasts
In addition to the routine discharge education, the postpartum women assigned to the intervention group will listen to a discharge training podcast consisting of 4 modules, each lasting 5-6 minutes, via a Xiaomi Poco X3 phone.
Primary outcome measures
- 1. Introductory Information Form [Time frame: 5 Minutes]
- The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [Time frame: 5 minutes]
- Maternal Attachment Scale [Time frame: 10 minutes]
- Self-Care Agency Scale [Time frame: 10 minutes]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [Time frame: 5 minutes]
- Maternal Attachment Scale [Time frame: 10 minutes]
- Self-Care Agency Scale [Time frame: 10 minutes]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Volunteering to participate in the study
- Being primigravida
- Being over the age of 19
- Giving birth in the delivery unit of Esenler Maternity and Children's Hospital
- Being able to speak and understand Turkish
- Being literate
- Having a live and singleton birth
Exclusion criteria
- Unwillingness to participate in the study
- Having a psychiatric diagnosis and/or using psychiatric medication
- Being an adolescent mother
- Being a high-risk postpartum woman
- Having a high-risk newborn
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07460921 · SBU-AYDINKARTAL-AKDEMİR