Effect of a Cooperative Education Program Based on Precede-Proceed Model During Pregnancy on Postpartum Depression

Depression in POSTPARTUM WOMEN, usually within four weeks after giving birth (PARTURITION). The degree of depression ranges from mild transient depression to neurotic or psychotic depressive disorders. It includes 10 questions and each question is scored from 0 to 3. The total score ranges from 0 to 30 and a score of 10-13 indicates mild postpartum depression while a score of 14-15 indicates moderate postpartum depression. Score of 16 or higher is considered as severe depression which necessitates introduction to a psychologist.

for this section, a questionnaire was designed based on a literature review and according to educational and ecological Phase of precede-proceed model. Predisposing factors will be measured using 10 and 18 questions regarding knowledge and attitude, respectively. The second section of the questionnaire will be related to the enabling factors which were measured through 6 questions. Yes or no questions were designed and scored as follows: no=1, somewhat=2, yes=3. The third section of the questionnaire measures reinforcing factors through 2 questions with yes, no and somewhat answers being scored as 2, 0 and 1, respectively.

The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is a screening device for identifying minor psychiatric disorders in the general population and within community or non-psychiatric clinical settings such as primary care or general medical out-patients.it consists of 4 subscales including physical symptoms, anxiety symptoms, social functioning and depressive symptoms. Each scale is made of 7 questions which are assessed based on a Likert scale scoring as never (0), few (1), high (2) and very high (3). The total score for each person ranges from 0 to 84. Cutoff point for the questionnaire is reported to be 23. In this method, individuals with score of 23 or less are considered healthy and those with score of 24 or higher are suspected to be mentally disordered.