Postpartum Depression

Overview

Our aim was to diagnose and initiate early treatment for postpartum depression by detecting the changes of melatonin levels in c-sections with different antesthesia modalities.

Full Title of Study: “The Effect of the Anesthesia Modality Used in Women Giving Birth Under Caesarian Section on Postpartum Depression and/or Postoperative Melatonin Levels”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Observational [Patient Registry]
  • Study Design
    • Time Perspective: Prospective
  • Study Primary Completion Date: May 21, 2020

Interventions

  • Behavioral: postpartum depression
    • melatonin levels in c-sections with different anesthesia modalities.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • general anesthesia
    • c-section with general anesthesia
  • spinal anesthesia
    • c-section with spinal anesthesia
  • epidural anesthesia
    • c-section with epidural anesthesia

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • edinburgh depression scale
    • Time Frame: 5 months
    • below 12 is associated with depression

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • pregnant women c-section (using general or regional anesthesia) aged between 18-45 years Exclusion Criteria:

  • age under 18 or above 45, history of smoking, a diagnosis with mental retardation, psychiatric patients, use of antipsychotics or antidepressants, patients with sleeping disorders, hormone replacement theraphy patients.

Gender Eligibility: Female

aged between 18-45 years

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Maximum Age: 45 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Erzincan University
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: REMZIYE AYSENUR NALBANT, MD – Erzincan University
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Remziye Ayşenur NALBANT, Principal Investigator, ERZİNCAN
  • Overall Contact(s)
    • DİDEM ONK, 05053856322, d.hesapdar@gmail.com

Citations Reporting on Results

Andersen LP, Werner MU, Rosenberg J, Gogenur I. A systematic review of peri-operative melatonin. Anaesthesia. 2014 Oct;69(10):1163-71. doi: 10.1111/anae.12717. Epub 2014 May 19.

Maitra S, Baidya DK, Khanna P. Melatonin in perioperative medicine: Current perspective. Saudi J Anaesth. 2013 Jul;7(3):315-21. doi: 10.4103/1658-354X.115316.

Dianatkhah M, Ghaeli P, Hajhossein Talasaz A, Karimi A, Salehiomran A, Bina P, Jalali A, Ghaffary S, Shahmansouri N, Vejdani S. Evaluating the Potential Effect of Melatonin on the post-Cardiac Surgery Sleep Disorder. J Tehran Heart Cent. 2015 Jul 3;10(3):122-8.

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