Postpartum Depression and Cesarean Section
Completed
Conditions studied: Postpartum Depression
In brief
The purpose of this retrospective study is to determine if there is an increase in postpartum depression (PPD) among women who undergo an emergency cesarean section as opposed to a planned cesarean section. We will analyze the hospital and clinic medical records of postpartum women who delivered by cesarean section (CS) at Tulsa Regional Medical Center between January 1, 2003, and June 1, 2005, and who obtained their postpartum care at the OSU Ob/Gyn Clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We will record whether the cesarean was planned or emergent, and we will note the score they received on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale when they came to the clinic for their four-week postpartum visit. A score of 12 or lower on the EPDS will be considered "not depressed", and a score of 13 or higher will be considered "depressed." Numbers of depressed patients will be compared among the two types of cesarean sections and analyzed for statistical differences using the chi-squared method of analysis.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00370903
- Run by
- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2006-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-02-04
Who can join
Age: 15 and older, up to 43. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Included are postpartum women ages 15 to 43 who have given birth via cesarean section at Tulsa Regional Medical Center between January 1, 2003 and June 1, 2005. Postpartum follow up visit(s) must have occurred at the OSU Ob/Gyn Clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients who deliver vaginally, have an intrauterine fetal demise, known anomalies in the delivered fetus, a known mood disorder during pregnancy, or drug use during pregnancy or the postpartum course will be excluded.
Where it is running
- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Houston Parke Clinic — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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