Telephone-Based Depression Care Management for Postpartum Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

With a period prevalence of 21.9% in the year after birth, depression is a common complication of childbearing. We assessed the impact of telephone-delivered depression care management (DCM) on symptom levels, health service utilization, and functional status 3, 6, and 12 months postpartum.

Methods

The randomized controlled trial was conducted at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from March 2006 through September 2010. Women (N = 628) who screened positive for depression (a score of 10 or greater on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale) 4 to 6 weeks postpartum were evaluated with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders, Research Version, Patient Edition With Psychotic Screen and enrolled in a randomized trial of DC

SUBMITTER: Wisner KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295181 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature