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Postnatal Emotional Disorder and Osteopathy

Journal: Unpublished MSc thesis Wiener Schule für Osteopathie, Date: 2007/12, Pages: 62, type of study: controlled clinical trial

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Keywords:

childbed [2]
delivery [35]
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [1]
maternity blues [1]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [2973]
OMT [2951]
postnatal emotional disorder [1]
postnatal/-partal depression [1]
postnatal/-partal dysphoria [1]
puerperium [2]
controlled clinical trial [283]
WSO [433]

Abstract:

Objective: It was the aim of this study to examine, whether the occurrence of maternity blues can be prevented by a single osteopathic treatment within the first three days postpartum. Subjects and Methods: Twenty puerperal women who had delivered at the Bezirkskrankenhaus (district hospital) Kufstein were treated osteopathically within the first three postpartum days in addition to standard in-hospital care. Another twenty puerperal women were assigned to the control group. At the tenth day postpartum, the emotional state of the puerperal women was surveyed by a validated questionnaire (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, EPDS). The subjects of the control group received the osteopathic treatment after the survey. Neither of the women knew, what group they belonged to. Results: Groups are comparable with regard to age and the relative number of primiparous women. No significant differences between the two groups can be observed with regard to the EPDS total score (p=0.26) and the single statements of the EPDS (minimum p=0.08). However, according to the actual data, risk for depressive diseases is lower in the test group than in the control group. Mean total scores are 4.5 (SD: 3.8) in the test group and 6.3 (SD: 5.4) in the control group. The most distinct group differences could be observed in question 5 of the EPDS: Women treated osteopathically have less often felt scared or panicky for no very good reason than the controls (p= 0.08). Conclusion: The current data show, that a single osteopathic treatment had no significant influence on the emotional state of puerperal women in early puerperium. The general validity of these results is restricted due to the low number of participants (20 per group).


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