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NCT Number: NCT04923698

Effect of Yoga on Postpartum Depression

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of yoga on postpartum depression. Subjects: Forty primipara women with postpartum depression (PPD) selected randomly from Kasr El Ainy University Hospital in Cairo complaining of postpartum depression at least one month after childbirth shared in this study.

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Key information

Conditions

Yoga Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Depression

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Ghada Ebrahim Elrefaye

Giza, 12613, Egypt

About this study

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of yoga on postpartum depression. Subjects: Forty primipara women with postpartum depression (PPD) selected randomly from Kasr El Ainy University Hospital in Cairo complaining of postpartum depression at least one month after childbirth shared in this study. Group A (Control group): It consisted of 20 women and treated by antidepressant drugs only for 12 weeks. Group B (Study group): It consisted of 20 women and treated by the same antidepressant drugs as in group A and yoga program, 50 minutes daily,7 days per week for 12 weeks (Total 84 sessions).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Their ages were ranged from 20-35 years
  • Their body mass index was less than 30 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

  • cardiac arrhythmia,
  • respiratory problems,
  • uncontrolled Type I diabetes

Treatment and study plan

Yoga Training

Other

All women in group B were treated by the same antidepressant drugs as in group A and yoga program, 50 minutes daily, 7 days per week for 12 weeks (Total 84 sessions).

Primary outcomes

  1. BMI assessment

    Time frame: three months

    The weight and height of each woman in both groups (A & B) were measured

Secondary outcomes

  1. Zung self-rating depression scale

    Time frame: three months

    There are ten positively worded and ten negatively worded questions. Each question is scored on a scale of 1 through 4

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Yoga on Postpartum Depression

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Jun 11, 2021
Registry last updated
Jun 11, 2021

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