The Relationship Between Oxytocin Level and Postpartum Depression

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-07-20

Study Completion Date

2020-02-20

Brief Summary

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There are studies in the literature that associate oxytocin level with postpartum depression. This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between oxytocin levels measured during pregnancy and postpartum depression symptoms.

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Detailed Description

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Introduction and purpose: There are studies in the literature that associate oxytocin level with postpartum depression. This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between oxytocin levels measured during pregnancy and postpartum depression symptoms.

Method: The study was conducted with 70 women who met the research criteria. Data collection was done in two interviews. The first meeting is 30-38 at the week of gestation, the second interview is 4-12 at the week of postpartum. It was done between weeks. In each interview, a data collection form was applied first and then a saliva sample was taken. Data collection form; The questions prepared by the researchers consisted of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 program and the significance value was taken as p \<0.05.

Conditions

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Oxytocin Deficiency Postpartum Depression Prenatal Stress

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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pregnancy

Salivary test

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Salivary test for measured of oxytocin levels

postpartum

Salivary test

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Salivary test for measured of oxytocin levels

Interventions

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Salivary test

Salivary test for measured of oxytocin levels

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

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survey application

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years of age or older, and having a pregnancy of 30 weeks or more

Exclusion Criteria

* previous mental illness history, miscarriage or stillbirth history, multiple pregnancy, fetal malformation, antidepressant or anxiolytic drug use, existing chronic disease,preterm labor is the development of maternal or neonatal complications at birth, hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit or congenital disease.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes