Families (couples analyzed as a whole) who received antenatal orientation interviews showed a statistically significant decrease in postnatal depression scores, while control families did not¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The EPDS scores of families in the experimental group decreased significantly after the orientation interviews (z=2.49, p<.05), whereas control families showed no significant pre-post difference (z=.27, p>.05). → Pınar Bulut & Yaşar Barut 2016 q2 i? Control families' pre-test and post-test EPDS scores did not differ significantly. → Pınar Bulut & Yaşar Barut 2016 (2)

Evidence¶

Pınar Bulut & Yaşar Barut 2016¶

Pınar Bulut & Yaşar Barut. (2016). The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts: The Effects of an Antenatal Orientation Interviews Training for Prospective Parents Postnatal Depression Levels. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.7, No.23. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1112927

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Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test on families in the experimental group (n=12) in a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test control group design; the article reports the decrease was significant with z=2.49, p<.05, no effect size printed.

"As seen in Table 9, the scores of the families in the experimental group after the orientation interv iews decreased significantly ( z=2.49, p< .05)."

Pınar Bulut & Yaşar Barut 2016 (2)¶

Pınar Bulut & Yaşar Barut. (2016). The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts: The Effects of an Antenatal Orientation Interviews Training for Prospective Parents Postnatal Depression Levels. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.7, No.23. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1112927

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test on control families (n=14); no significant pre-post difference, z=.27, p>.05. Equivalence was not tested beyond this comparison.

"However, there was no significant differenc e between the pre-test and post-test scores of the families in the control group ( z =.27, p> .05)."

Discussion¶

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