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Effect of Tele-consultation in Addition With Psychiatric Follow-up During COVID-19 in Women Who Have Medical History of Post-partum Depression

Conditions
Post Partum Depression
Registration Number
NCT04516668
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

Women who were able to benefit from psychiatric follow-up during the quarantine by tele-consultation have a lower risk of anxious and depressive symptoms than those who did not receive follow-up.

Detailed Description

The pandemic of COVID-19 (coronavirus desease 19) led to a strict quarantine from 15 March 2020 to 11 May 2020. Maternal depression is a current pathology , especially in the post-partum (more than 15%). The quarantine could lead to anxious and/or depressive symptoms and difficulties in parents-children bonding.

Women who have experenced post-partum period have more chance to developp subsequent depression.

Among women who have experienced post-partum depression, those who were able to benefit from psychiatric follow-up during the quarantine by tele-consultation have a lower risk of anxious and depressive symptoms than those who did not receive follow-up.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
250
Inclusion Criteria

Women above 18 years old

Who have experienced a post-partum depression between 2013 and late of 2019

Who have benefit a psychiatry post-partum follow-up (hospitalizations in psychiatry post-partum unity and/or medical consultation) by Bicêtre psychiatry service

Who have a child less than 7 years old (preschool age)

Speaking and reading in french

And their partner (above 18 years old)

In the main analyze, only women with a indication of following psychiatric follow-up by tele-consultation (with a psychiatric follow-up at the begenning of the quarantine, who have not been follow-up by psychiatrist in hospitalization or in face to face consultation) will be analyzed

Exclusion Criteria

People with chronic psychotic disorder (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders:DSM-5 criteria)

People with mental handicap

People who are not able to give their consent

People subject to protection measure

People refusing to participate in the study

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evaluation of Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HAD)15 minutes

To compare depression and anxiety HAD score of women who have a medical history ofpost-partum depression according to a follow-up or not during the quarantine by tele-consultation

Score less than or egal to 7 = no case Score between 8 and 10 = uncertain case Score higher than or equal to 11 = confirmed case

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evaluation of HAD score in fathers15 minutes

Anxiety and depression of fathers will be assessed with HAD scale

Evaluation of EPDS in fathers15 minutes

EPDS will be assessed in fathers who have a child of less than 2 years old

Evaluation of Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS)15 minutes

To compare the result of EPDS in women who have a child of less 2 years old according to a follow-up or not by tele-consultation during the quarantine

Risk and protection factors15 minutes

Description of risk factors and protection factors setting up by the family during this quarantine period

Study of the relationship between maternals and paternals symptoms15 minutes

The aim is to show that maternals anxious and depressive symptoms would be correlated to paternals positively symptoms

Study of difficuties in child during the quarantine15 minutes

Look for a correlation between the difficulties in child during the quarantine describe by parents and anxiety and depression symptoms in parents The difficulties in child will be illustrated with the rate of children with difficulties describe by the parents

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