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Impact of Mothers Touch Program to Improve Maternal Health After Birth

NCT03715218 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2018-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

After the child birth most women experience major health issues such as depression, severe fatigue, back pain, perineal pain, mastitis, urinary or faecal incontinence, sexual problems and relationship problems with partners. That all lead to poorer emotional and mental health and factors contributing isolation, exhaustion and physical health problems.

'Sava Mahina (6-week period) is a traditional practice for postpartum women in India, which include special diet, lifestyle and supportive care. The current multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate outcomes of Indian postpartum care on women.

Conditions

  • Post Partum Depression
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

OTHER

Mothers Touch Program

Mothers Touch Program with bed rest, Relaxation program to reduce stress, massage for mother and infant, gently physical exercise and special dietary program each week.

OTHER

Usual Care Program

Usual care group had advice, support and educational program delivered by midwife, or physicians.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Warwick Research Services

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mothers Touch Foundation, India

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • NMP Medical Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rekha Chaudhari · Mothers Touch Foundation, India

  • Neha Sharma · Warwick Research Services

  • Sangram Birje · Mothers Touch Foundation, India

  • Aparna Chaudhari · Mothers Touch Foundation, India

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-21
Primary Completion
2018-05-15
Completion
2018-08-12

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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