Perinatal mental health Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
BASELINE ASSESSMENT
After consent has been obtained, participants (i.e., mothers) will be asked to provide demographic information, including information about their child and family circumstances vi
when they first experienced mental health problems, etc.), educational attainment, and family support. Participants will only be asked to provide this information at baseline assessment.
Participants
Sponsors
University of Manchester
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 110 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants for the main feasibility study will be women/mothers or birthing people: 1. Aged 18 years or over 2. Mother/parent of an infant aged birth to 12 months, with whom they live, or have parental responsibility or expectant person in the third trimester of pregnancy 3. Accepted for treatment for a perinatal mental health problem by a member of the Perinatal Specialist Service for Mental Health within Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Trust (GMMH) (e.g., on the psychology pathway) 4. With sufficient English fluency to engage with intervention and complete assessments (and take part in interviews) 5. Owning or having access to a smartphone, laptop, computer or tablet (to view the intervention) 6. Capable of giving informed consent Staff participants for interview aspect of this study only: 1. Qualified health care professional within the Perinatal Specialist Mental Health Team at GMMH (e.g., clinical or counselling psychologist, CBT therapist, nursery nurse, team leader, etc.)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants for the main feasibility study will be women/mothers or birthing people: 1. Inpatient at the time of recruitment Staff participant for interview aspect of this study only: 1. Been in post for less than 6 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We will collect the following primary outcome data to assess feasibility: 1. Number of eligible referrals 2. Number of participants consenting to take part 3. Number of participants completing baseline assessments 4. Number of participants enrolling in the intervention (i.e., starting the first online session) 5. Number of participants engaging with the intervention 6. Number of sessions being completed by participants 7. Number of participants completing the intervention (all 7 sessions) 8. Number of participants completing the study assessments post-intervention 9. Percentage of each assessment’s completion | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We will collect the following secondary outcome data at baseline and at 12 weeks post-intervention offer, to assess the intervention’s clinical promise: 1. Mental health and mood will be measured using the brief 21-item Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995; Henry & Crawford, 2009). 2. Wellbeing will be measured using the 7-item Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS) (Stewart-Brown et al., 2009). 3. Parenting competence and confidence will be measured using the 10-item Maternal Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES) (Teti & Gelfand, 1991). 4. The mother’s perceived bond with their baby will be measured using the 25-item Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) (Brockington et al., 2001). An embedded process evaluation to assess the intervention’s acceptability with 10-20 mothers and with 5-10 Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service staff will be conducted using semi-structured 1-1 interviews. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactAnja Wittkowski
Outcome results
None listed