TY - JOUR AU - Daley, Amanda J. AU - Jolly, Kate AU - Sharp, Debbie J. AU - Turner, Katrina M. AU - Blamey, Ruth V. AU - Coleman, Sarah AU - McGuinness, Mary AU - Roalfe, Andrea K. AU - Jones, Ian AU - MacArthur, Christine PY - 2012 DA - 2012/06/09 TI - The effectiveness of exercise as a treatment for postnatal depression: study protocol JO - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth SP - 45 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Postnatal depression can have a substantial impact on the woman, the child and family as a whole. Thus, there is a need to examine different ways of helping women experiencing postnatal depression; encouraging them to exercise may be one way. A meta analysis found some support for exercise as an adjunctive treatment for postnatal depression but the methodological inadequacy of the few small studies included means that it is uncertain whether exercise reduces symptoms of postnatal depression. We aim to determine whether a pragmatic exercise intervention that involves one-to-one personalised exercise consultations and telephone support plus usual care in women with postnatal depression, is superior to usual care only, in reducing symptoms of postnatal depression. SN - 1471-2393 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-12-45 DO - 10.1186/1471-2393-12-45 ID - Daley2012 ER -