This study was conducted to investigate the effect of yoga on postpartum depression. Subjects: Forty primipara women with postpartum depression (PPD) selected randomly from Kasr El Ainy University Hospital in Cairo complaining of postpartum depression at least one month after childbirth shared in this study. Group A (Control group): It consisted of 20 women and treated by antidepressant drugs only for 12 weeks. Group B (Study group): It consisted of 20 women and treated by the same antidepressant drugs as in group A and yoga program, 50 minutes daily,7 days per week for 12 weeks (Total 84 sessions).
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of yoga on postpartum depression. Subjects: Forty primipara women with postpartum depression (PPD) selected randomly from Kasr El Ainy University Hospital in Cairo complaining of postpartum depression at least one month after childbirth shared in this study.