Effectiveness of self-assisted couple communication program on prenatal depression symptoms and marital quality
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2023.12.008
- VernacularTitle:自助式夫妻沟通训练方案对产前抑郁症状及婚姻质量的影响
- Author:
Jin WANG
1
,
2
;
Yingzhi RIHUO
;
Jiajia LIU
;
Ning SONG
;
Gaohua LIU
;
Lihua LIU
;
Jianlin QI
Author Information
1. 空军军医大学空军特色医学中心航空心理研究室,北京 100142
2. 中国人民解放军总医院医学创新研究部医学管理研究所,北京 100853
- Keywords:
pregnant women;
self-assisted couple communication program(SACCP);
prenatal depression;
marital quality
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2023;37(12):1045-1051
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the effectiveness of self-assisted couple communication program(SACCP)onprenatal depression and marital quality in pregnant women.Methods:Totally 90 pregnant women receiving ante-natal checkup in Air Force Medical Center with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale(EPDS)scores of ≥10 were voluntarily recruited and randomly allocated in routine caring and SACCP groups.Thirty-nine pregnant women in SACCP group and 37 pregnant women in routine caring group ultimately completed the study.In addition to rou-tine caring,the SACCP group completed a 10-week self-assisted family communication program once a week.The EPDS and Olson Marital Quality Questionnaires(ENRICH)were used as outcomes,and covariance and independ-ent t-teat were adopted to evaluate intervention effectiveness.Statistical analysis was conducted using the full analy-sis set and the per protocol set respectively.Results:Totally 76(84.4％)pregnant women received allocation and end-point revaluation.Covariance analysis revealed that EPDS adjusted means were higher in the SACCP group than in the routine caring group(P＜0.05)in both sets.T-test showed that marital satisfaction and couple communica-tion scores were higher in the SACCP group than in the routine caring group(Ps＜0.01)in the full analysis set.Conclusion:The self-assisted couple communication program(SACCP)could effectively alleviate clinical symptoms of prenatal depression of pregnant women and improve marital quality.
