None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Intervention Group - M Health (Mobile Health) Interventions for Spouses of Women with Postpartum Psychiatric Disorder: The researcher will carry out the baseline assessment on the outco
addressing triggering factors for relapse in maternal illness, addressing interpersonal issues and their role in illness
and continued care through MBU (Mother-Baby Unit) helpline provided by the respective multidisciplinary team members of the Perinatal Psychiatry Services, NIMHANS.
Sponsors
Ripudaman Singh
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Spouses of Women with Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders (WPPD) who are legally married and living together, who own digital technology devices, such as smartphones, laptops, etc. to receive educational material and interventions, who accompany their wives (patients) for treatment in the perinatal psychiatry services of NIMHANS and are willing to be part of the study, who have a Kessler Psychological Distress (K10) score between 20-29 suggesting mild to moderate psychological distress, who are staying together for at least a month following delivery of the baby, who can speak and read Hindi and English languages respectively.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Spouses of Women with Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders (WPPD) who are identified to be having severe mental illness, having a Kessler Psychological Distress (K10) score of more than or equal to 30 suggesting severe psychological distress, who are living separately or considering divorce, and have instances amounting to severe forms of domestic violence.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parenting Sense of Competence (Assess Parental Satisfaction & Self-Efficacy)Timepoint: 1. Baseline or Pre-Intervention Assessment for both the Intervention and Control Group Before carrying out the interventions (during recruitment and consent taking). 2. Post Intervention Assessment for both the groups- Soon after completion of Interventions. 3. Follow Up Assessment- After one month of Post Intervention Assessment. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Kessler Psychological Distress (Assess symptoms of psychological distress experienced recently) Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill (Assess Authoritarianism, Benevolence, Social Restrictiveness, & Community Mental Health Ideology)Timepoint: 1. Baseline or Pre-Intervention Assessment for both the Intervention & Control Group Before carrying out the interventions (during recruitment & consent taking). 2. Post Intervention Assessment for both the groups- Soon after completion of Interventions. 3. Follow Up Assessment- After one month of Post Intervention Assessment. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Kimneihat Vaiphei
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru
Outcome results
None listed