title: Cognitive behavioral therapy in combination with systemic family therapy improves mild to moderate postpartum depression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in combination with systemic family therapy (SFT) on mild to moderate postpartum depression and sleep quality.
  
  
  METHODS
  249 primiparous women with mild to moderate postpartum depression were recruited and randomly assigned to a control group (n=128), which received conventional postpartum care, or to a psychological intervention group (n=121), which received conventional postpartum care combined with psychological intervention. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were employed to evaluate depression and sleep quality, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  104 patients in the intervention group and 109 in the control group completed the study. After intervention, the EPDS score, PSQI score, sleep quality score, sleep latency score, sleep duration score, habitual sleep efficiency score, sleep disturbance score, and daytime dysfunction score were significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group. The EPDS and PSQI scores of each group at different time points after intervention were markedly decreased compared with those before intervention, and the reduction in the intervention group was more evident than that in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CBT in combination with SFT can improve depression and sleep quality in patients with mild to moderate postpartum depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, ZhanjiangGuangdong, China, Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Yongmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology, Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China, Department of Medical Psychology, Medical College of Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Peicheng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Dongguan, DongguanGuangdong, China, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Dongguan, Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Yongmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, ZhanjiangGuangdong, China, Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Qiaoyun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, ZhanjiangGuangdong, China, Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Dandan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, ZhanjiangGuangdong, China, Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, ZhanjiangGuangdong, China, Department of Psychology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Yaoqi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College, ZhanjiangGuangdong, China, Department of Psychology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Xiaobo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010298:Parity; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult