Postpartum Depression Mental and Behavioural Disorders Depression
Conditions
Interventions
Mothers allocated to the peer support group will have access to all of the standard community postpartum services in addition to receiving telephone-based support from a peer volunteer (a mother who h
Sponsors
University of Toronto (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Live birth 2. Aged 18 - 49 years old, female 2. Discharged from hospital 3. Less than two weeks postpartum 4. Scored more than nine on the EPDS 5. Availability of a peer volunteer who speaks the potential participant's language
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Infant not discharged home with mother 2. Current use of anti-depressant or anti-psychotic medication A prior self-reported mental illness, including prior PPD, will not be an exclusion criterion.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postpartum Depression (PPD), as diagnosed by the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-I) for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV) at 12 weeks postpartum. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. PPD, as diagnosed by the SCID-I, at 24 weeks postpartum 2. Depressive symptomatology, as measured by the EPDS, at 12 and 24 weeks postpartum 3. Anxiety, as measured by the Spielberger State-Anxiety Inventory, at 12 and 24 weeks postpartum 4. Loneliness, as measured by the short-version University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, at 12 and 24 weeks postpartum 5. Health Service Utilisation, as measured by a modified version of the Health Service Utilisation and Cost of Care Questionnaire, at 12 and 24 weeks postpartum | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed