Volume 9 • Number 3 • September 2018
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS
R E S E A R C H A RT I C L E
Effects of Home Visits and Planned Education on Mothers’ Postpartum Depression and Quality of Life Havva Tel1, Sukran Ertekin Pinar2, Gulseren Daglar2
Cumhuriyet University Faculty of ABSTRACT Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Sivas, Turkey Objective: The present study aims at determining the effects of home visits and planned 2 Cumhuriyet University Faculty of training on mothers’ postpartum depression and quality of life. Health Sciences, Midwifery Department, Materials and Methods: The sample of quasi-experimental study was consisted of 70 women. Sivas, Turkey 1
Correspondence: Sukran Ertekin Pinar Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Health Sciences, Sivas, Turkey E-mail:
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Study data were collected by means of a personal information questionnaire, the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF). Results: The average age of the mothers is between 25.50±4.78. In repeated measurements, statistically significant differences were found among quality of life scores of mothers (p
