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. 2002 Apr 22;2002(2):CD000560. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000560

Small 2000.

Methods Randomisation: 
 Computer generated telephone ransomisation 
 Allocation concealment: 
 Adequate 
 Exclusion after randomisation: 
 Unclear
Participants Setting: 908 women on postnatal ward, large Maternity Hospital, Australia 
 Inclusion: women who had given birth by LSCS, forceps or vacuum extraction. 
 Excluded: women who had not had operative births, stillbirths or those who had babies weighing <1500gms, those with insufficient english, those ill themselves, very ill babies and those whose private obstetrician refused access
Interventions Comparison: Debriefing 'provided women with the opportunity to discuss labour, birth and post‐delivery events and experiences. +pamphlet on sources of other assistance of 1 hour versus Brief visit from midife to give out pamplet.
Outcomes EPDS 
 SF‐36
Notes No baseline measures
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Low risk A ‐ Adequate