Postnatal Emotional Disorder and Osteopathy
Item
- Title
- Postnatal Emotional Disorder and Osteopathy
- Author(s)
- Leitner-Wagger Friederike
- Abstract
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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).
Key words: Osteopathy, postnatal/-partal dysphoria, postnata/-partal depression, delivery,
maternity blues, puerperium, childbed, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, EPDS - presented at
- Wiener Schule für Osteopathie
- Date Accepted
- 2009
- Date Submitted
- 1.12.2007 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 62
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13982
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Postnatal Emotional Disorder
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- Leitner-Wagger.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- Leitner-Wagger.pdf
Leitner-Wagger Friederike, “Postnatal Emotional Disorder and Osteopathy”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 12, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2940