Effect of Yoga on Postpartum Depression

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Yoga

Treatments: Other: yoga training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04923698

Cairo Un110

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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).

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

yoga

Active Comparator group

Description:

The yoga program consisted of 12 exercises, , 50 minutes daily, 7 days per week for 12 weeks (Total 84 sessions).

Treatment:

Other: yoga training

antidepressant

Active Comparator group

Description:

All women in group A were treated by antidepressant only for 12 weeks

Treatment:

Other: yoga training