including internal HLC, powerful others HLC, chance
HLC. The sessions were held in the form of three educational
workshops for three subgroups of participants in
experimental group, with one week interval between each
workshop. Nine workshops lasting 36 hours in total were
held for the experiment group. Also, the subjects discussed
in the workshops were presented in brief, with emphasis on
HLC components for the spouses in one session. In the last
session, training materials derived from available reliable
sources about postpartum education and physical and mental
health care were issued to the experiment group members.
The control group used normal, routine care available
at health centres. It should be noted that the training content
presented in the workshops was decided after running
a pilot study and needs assessment of pregnant mothers.
The MHLCS was performed immediately after the intervention
sessions, and EPDS was performed after four weeks
after childbirth to assess PPD as post-test in both groups.
Using SPSS-16 software (IBM SPSS Statistics, Copyright
SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), the data were analysed
through descriptive and inferential statistics methods of
ANOVA, chi-square test, Student’s t-test and paired t-tests.
The results were considered significant at p < 005 level.