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Effect of Home-Based Peer Support on Maternal-Infant Interaction and Postpartum Depression

An RCT to Evaluate the Effect of Home-Based Peer Support on Maternal-Infant Interaction, Infant Health Outcomes, and Postpartum Depression

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00298311
Enrollment
60
Registered
2006-03-02
Start date
2005-11-30
Completion date
2010-07-31
Last updated
2017-08-07

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Conditions

Postpartum Depression

Brief summary

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of a home-based peer support intervention for mothers affected by postpartum depression (PPD) and for their infants.

Detailed description

This controlled study will help establish the link between support for maternal caregiving, maternal-infant interaction, infant neuroendocrinology and infant cognitive and social development. The primary hypothesis predicts that home-based peer support will improve maternal-infant interactions. Secondary hypotheses predict that home-based peer support will: improve infants' cognitive development; improve infants' social development; decrease average daily salivary cortisol levels in infants; reduce maternal depressive symptomatology; and improve maternal perceptions of social support.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALmci guidance peer support

12 weeks of home visits by peer mentor recovered from PPD and Keys to Caregiving (NCAST, 1990) program

Sponsors

Women's Health Research Unit
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Social Support Research Program
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
University Health Network, Toronto
CollaboratorOTHER
Edmonton Mental Health Services
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Canadian Mental Health Association
CollaboratorOTHER
Pediatric Rehabilitation Services
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Department of Health and Wellness, NB
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Eligible mothers will be identified as experiencing symptoms of PPD and scores \>12 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. * Mothers must speak English or French. * Mothers will not be excluded for taking anti-depressant or anti-psychotic medication, using other interventions for PPD, or reporting a history of mental illness; * The infant must be full-term, in the care of the mother and between 3 to 6 months of age at initial enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

* Infants who have been admitted to the NICU * Infants will be excluded if medicated with corticosteroids

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
maternal-infant interaction12 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
cognitive development12 months
social development12 months
salivary cortisol12 months
depressive symptomatology12 months
social support12 months

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026