Evaluation of Lay Support In Pregnant women with Social risk

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Social risk in pregnancy
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems

Registration Number: ISRCTN35027323

Lead Sponsor: niversity of Birmingham (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 1316

Inclusion Criteria

1. Nulliparous women < 28 weeks gestation
2. Assessed by the midwife as having specified social risk through systematic assessment.

Nulliparous is defined as never having given birth to a child; this will include women who have had a miscarriage/s or termination/s of pregnancy. We have chosen under 28 weeks gestation as an inclusion criterion to give adequate time for the Pregnancy Outreach Worker (POW) service to impact on the outcomes.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Those under 16 years of age due to the complexity of gaining informed consent from this group
2. Teenagers recruited to Family Nurse Partnership (FNP), but do not expect this to greatly affect recruitment to ELSIPS. One of the primary care trusts (PCTs) (South) participating in this trial is also involved in a national trial of additional support to pregnant teenagers, called the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP). The FNP intervention is health professionals providing intensive support throughout pregnancy up to 2 years after birth.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. The primary outcomes have been chosen on the basis that they are linked to maternal and infant health. <br>1.1. Engagement with antenatal care, assessed based on number of antenatal visits and <br>1.2. Maternal depression, assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) at 8-12 weeks after birth

Secondary Outcome Measures