None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Postnatal depression (PND) interferes with the interaction between mother and infant, which in turn has long-term implications for the child's development. Further, treatment for PND directed at elevating mood has not been found to improve mother-infant interactions. For this reason we developed Community HUGS - a specialised 10-session playgroup for improving mother-infant relationships following PND. The aim of this project is to evaluate Community HUGS in a randomised controlled trial. It is hypothesised that women receiving the Community HUGS intervention will show less parent-child dysfunctional interactions and parental distress and higher maternal self-efficacy than women in the waitlist control condition post-treatment.
Interventions
Community HUGS. is a specialised 10-week therapeutic playgroup to promote the relationship between mother and infant by learning positive ways to communicate with each other. Sessions are delivered in group format with facilitators following a detailed manual. Sessions last approximately one hour (once a week for 10 weeks) and are followed by an informal chat and refreshments.
Sponsors
Parent-Infant Research Institute, Austin Health
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Mother with a baby less than 10 months of age. 2. Has had a score of 10 or higher on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) at some stage since the baby's birth or a clinical diagnosis of depression 3. If the woman scored 13 or above on the EPDS or she is currently depressed, she has consulted or has a plan to consult a health professional about her mental health.
Exclusion criteria
Significant difficulty with the English language.
Outcome results
None listed