TY - JOUR T1 - Review: group based parent training programmes lead to short term improvements in maternal psychosocial health JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 81 LP - 81 DO - 10.1136/ebn.4.3.81 VL - 4 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/4/3/81.abstract N2 - Barlow J, Coren E. Parent-training programmes for improving maternal psychosocial health. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2):CD002020 (latest version 2 February 2001). QUESTION: Are group based parenting programmes effective in improving maternal psychosocial health including anxiety, depression, and self esteem? Studies were identified by searching Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, CINAHL, PsycLIT, ERIC, ASSIA, Sociofile, Social Science Citation Index, National Research Register, and the Cochrane Library for the period January 1970 to July 2000 where possible; scanning the reference lists of identified articles and reviews; and by contacting leading independent charitable and voluntary childcare agencies in the UK.Studies were selected if they were randomised controlled trials comparing the effectiveness of a group based parenting programme with a control treatment (waiting list, no treatment, or placebo) using at least 1 standardised instrument measuring maternal psychosocial health.Data were extracted on patient characteristics, intervention type, and maternal psychosocial … ER -