Preventing postnatal depression in new mothers using telephone peer support: a randomised controlled trial

最近的母亲中抑郁症非常普遍；澳大利亚每年有超过5.3万名新母亲受到这种疾病的影响。这种情况可能会对母亲的健康及其婴儿和家人的健康造成严重的不良后果。因此，需要有效的战略来预防和减少产妇抑郁。我们将测试来自其他母亲(同伴志愿者)的电话支持是否对产后4周风险增加的妇女有帮助。

Depression in recent mothers are very common; more than 53,000 new mothers in Australia are affected by this each year. The condition can lead to serious adverse consequences for a mother’s health and the health of her infant and family. Effective strategies to prevent and reduce maternal depression are therefore needed. We will test whether support by telephone from other mothers (peer volunteers) helps in women at increased risk at 4 weeks postpartum.