Clinical effect of Shugan Jieyu capsule combined with sertraline on postpartum depression / 中国生化药物杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical effects of Shugan Jieyu Capsule combined with sertraline in the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD), to improve the postpartum depression and quality of life.Methods 72 cases of postpartum depression treated in our hospital were retrospectively chosen.They were randomly divided into two groups, each group was of 36 patients, and they were taken with different drug regimen.The control group was treated with conventional treatment drug sertraline, and the study group was taken with Shugan Jieyu capsule on the basis of the control group.six weeks of treatment were as the observation period, and the differences of scores of HAMD, TESS and Quality of Life Index for the two groups on admission, four and six weeks after treatment were compared.Results After treatment, the scores of HAMD, TESS and QL-Index of the study group were (0.92 ±0.58), (1.36 ±0.46), (7.83 ±1.68), significantly better than the control group of (1.67 ±0.43), (2.48 ±0.72), (6.79 ±1.24), ( P <0.05 ) .Conclusion The combination of Shugan Jieyu Capsule and sertraline can improve the patients'quality of life after the treatment of postpartum depression, the depression is improved, and with few adverse reactions.It has a positive effect in improving the quality of life of patients.