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Creation and Evaluation of a Mobile Intervention Team in Perinatal Psychiatry (0-3 Years) in Meurthe-et-Moselle Sud

Creation and Evaluation of a Mobile Intervention Team in Perinatal Psychiatry (0-3 Years) in Meurthe-et-Moselle Sud

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05636878
Acronym
EMPER
Enrollment
4260
Registered
2022-12-05
Start date
2023-08-18
Completion date
2028-08-18
Last updated
2024-02-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Abnormality

Keywords

Perinatal, Psychiatry, psychomoteur, children

Brief summary

The research system is a Mobile Perinatal Psychiatry Team (EMPPer), for children aged 0 to 3 and their parents. it facilitates access to psychiatric care by going to families who need it and who are in difficulty to ensure this process. This device, already deployed in a dozen French cities for several years, convinced the teams of its interest, without demonstrating its effectiveness by evaluation conducted according to research standards. The deployment of a Mobile Perinatal Psychiatry Team in a region not yet equipped (Meurthe-et-Moselle Sud) would therefore offer the opportunity to assess its effectiveness, The main objective of the research is to evaluate the effect of the EMPPer on the prevalence of abnormalities in the psychomotor development of children at the age of 2 years, in comparison with similar territories that do not benefit from it, and in comparison with the period preceding the establishment of the EMPPer in the targeted territory.

Detailed description

Context: The inflation of psycho-social vulnerability and precariousness situations, of parents or isolated mothers with their young child, who do not have easy access to perinatal psychiatry care structures, incites us to develop a modality of home interventions. This is part of a therapeutic perspective of the parenting process and parent-child interactions and a preventive perspective of the child's development. This system is a Mobile Perinatal Psychiatry Team and is also designed for professionals working in early childhood (such as the homes that take in parents). They are in demand for direct interventions with patients, but also indirect interventions, for assistance in the detection of early disorders in children and for referral to psychiatric care. The main objective of the research is to evaluate the effect of the EMPPer on the prevalence of abnormalities in the psychomotor development of children at the age of 2 years , in comparison with similar territories that do not benefit from it, and in comparison with the period before the EMPPer was implemented in the targeted territory. The secondary objectives are: * to evaluate the long-term effect of the EMPPer on the prevalence of child language delay at age 4, compared with similar territories without the EMPPer and compared with the period before the EMPPer was implemented in the target territory * to evaluate the EMPPer implementation process, in terms of context, interventions implemented, implementation, and impact mechanisms * to evaluate the medico-economic impact at 2 years of the implementation of the EMPPer. Methodology: EMPER is a quasi-experimental study combining a before-and-after EMPPer implementation design with a here-and-now design. A concomitant process evaluation will also be conducted to assess the actual implementation of the intervention, the impact mechanisms of the intervention on the judgment criteria, and to understand precisely the context of implementation in order to better identify the transferability and sustainability of the intervention. the study will include all the children of the EMPPer sector as well as those of the Reims and Strasbourg hospital sectors. Data from their 24th month and 3-4 years examinations will be collected . Process evaluation will be based on mixed methods.It will be based on standardized data collection using an observation book and validated measurement instruments such as the satisfaction and therapeutic alliance questionnaire. It will include all users and professionals involved in the implementation of the EMPPer and willing to participate. The qualitative approach will make it possible, through field observations and semi-structured interviews with professionals and volunteer users, to specify certain elements relating to the intervention itself, such as the organizations within the EMPPer, but also its implementation (possible adaptations of the intervention) or its impact mechanisms. Expected results are that the deployment of an EMPPer will allow: * To promote early detection of interaction disorders in order to limit theirs consequences on somatic, cognitive and psychomotor development * To promote early detection of neurodevelopmental disorders * To promote early intervention, in connection with early childhood partners * To facilitate the care pathway of the young patient and his family by allowing easier access to care.

Interventions

OTHERMobile Intervention Team in Perinatal Psychiatry (EMPPer)

The Mobile Intervention Team in Perinatal Psychiatry consists in going towards the most excluded patients, changing the organization of care compared to the current practice and facilitating access to care for the most vulnerable populations

Sponsors

Central Hospital, Nancy, France
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

For the primary objective, i.e., analysis of the effect of the intervention at age 2 (and the first SO, i.e., analysis of the effect of the intervention at age 4), a difference-in-differences analysis will be performed. That is, the difference in the prevalence of abnormal psychomotor development at age 2 (and at age 4) before and after the implementation of the EMPPer in the target territory will be compared to the difference in the prevalence of abnormal psychomotor development at age 2 (and at age 4) between the periods corresponding to the implementation of the EMPPer in the territories that did not benefit from it, using a mixed linear regression model with psychomotor developmental abnormalities as the variable to be explained, year (pre vs. post intervention) and region (with vs. without intervention) as explanatory variables, and which will include the year\*region interaction. The assumption of equivalence of temporal developmental trends here and elsewhere will be tested

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Days to 3 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Children benefiting from EMPPer intervention * Children affiliated or entitled to a social security system * Children for whom the holder of parental authority has received informed information about the study and has co-signed, with the investigator, a consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

* Children whose parents are visiting the region ( vacations, family visits ...) * Children for whom the 2 holders of parental authority do not speak french * Children for whom both parents do not know how to read

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of participants with anomaly of the child's psychomotor development at age 2 yearsup to 24 monthsIt defined by the fact of having at least one box ticked no in the psychomotor development section of the medical part of the third health certificate , carried out after a systematic examination at the age of 24 months of the child

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
User satisfaction scoreup to 4 yearsusing the questionnaire offered to parents of children in care by the Nancy Psychotherapy Center as part of its quality approach
Number of Children with Language Delay at age 4up to 4 yearsIt evaluated during a health examination systematically carried out at the age of 4 years for the child attending school
Therapeutic alliance scoreup to 4 yearsTherapeutic alliance score (parents of the child) on the Working Alliance Inventory questionnaire (Bottemine, 2017; Horvath 1989)
the cost of care for children with a psychomotor development problem2 yearsit makes it possible to carry out a medico-economic analysis, and to estimate the difference in costs between the two strategies of care (with and without EMPPer)

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactFabienne LIGIER, Pr.
fabienne.ligier@cpn-laxou.com03 83 15 45 53
Backup ContactNaoual MELLOUKI BENDIM'RED, PhD
unic@cpn-laxou.com03 83 92 52 67

Outcome results

None listed

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