None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Antenatal depression, anxiety and the difficulties associated with adjusting to parenthood can have long-term negative effects on parents and their children. This study will test whether an 8-week self-help antenatal intervention with telephone support will reduce postnatal negative mood and parenting stress, increase health service uptake, as well as facilitate adjustment to parenthood in couples receiving the program compared to couples not receiving the program. 100 women with elevated scores (>12) on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and/or the Risk Assessment Checklist (RAC) and their partners, and 100 women with scores below the threshold (<13) on the EPDS and the RAC and their partners will be randomised to either intervention or control groups. Participants will be assessed by self-administered questionnaires at 20-32 weeks of pregnancy and 12 weeks postpartum.
Interventions
ntervention group receives self-help guidebooks (for participants and their partners), 8 weekly telephone support sessions from therapists until 6 weeks postpartum and networking with health professionals.
Sponsors
Parent-Infant Research Institute, Austin Health, Melbourne
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be women, 20-30 weeks pregnant.
Exclusion criteria
Patients who are unable to understand written English; patients without a major psychiatric disorder or extreme level of distress (as measured by the General Health Questionnaire).
Outcome results
None listed