Postnatal depression
Conditions
Interventions
A home-based, perinatal psycho-social intervention is given to a random half of the participants. It is based on 'listening visits' used for postnatal depression by UK health visitors, culturally adap
Sponsors
King's College London (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women, between 26 and 34 weeks gestation at recruitment 2. At high risk of postnatal depression. A pre-recruitment screening interview is used to identify high risk women, based on: a. presence of psychological symptoms b. reporting the current pregnancy to be unplanned, and c. being vulnerable to excessive pressure to bear a male child (see interventions)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Women who did not speak the study language (Konkani) 2. Women who planned to move away from the project area during the period of the study 3. Women with a health problem of such seriousness that it would prevent them from participating in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Depression at three and six months postnatal (using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale) 2. Primary infant outcome: mental development score on the Developmental Assessment Schedules for Indian Infants (DASII), measured at six months postnatal | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Maternal depression according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) criteria (Revised Clinical Interview Schedule [CIS-R]), measured at three and six months postnatal 2. Disability (WHO Disability Assessment Schedule, version II [WHO-DAS II]), measured at three and six months postnatal 3. Costs of healthcare (Modified Client Services Receipt Inventory [CSRI]), measured at three and six months postnatal 4. Infant growth, measured at three and six months postnatal 5. Maternal-infant interaction (Global Rating Scale of maternal-infant interaction [GRS]), measured at three months postnatal | — |
Countries
India
Outcome results
None listed