The Impact of Creative Interventions on Symptoms of Postnatal Depression (Cohort Study)

Completed

• Conditions: Depression, Postpartum

• Registration Number: NCT02526433
• Lead Sponsor: Royal College of Music

Brief Summary

Post-natal depression (PND) is anticipated to affect 12.9% of new mothers with at least 75,000 cases per year in the UK alone. However, despite this, there is currently a worrying lack of support for new mothers, with data suggesting that 64% of healthcare trusts in the UK do not have a strategy for treating PND, and flaws in the current pharmacological and psychological treatment models. Consequently, research into promising psychosocial interventions such as music is critical to developing new paradigms for treating PND.

This project is an ambitious programme of research that investigates links between the mental health of women in the later stages of pregnancy and first 9 months post birth and their use of psychosocial interventions including music.

Detailed Description

The study uses an online questionnaire to achieve a cross-sectional view of the mental health of women across England in the final stages of pregnancy and the first 9 months post birth, how much and in what ways music is used by these women, and whether there are any associations between music and mental health. The study aims to recruit between 1,000 and 5,000 women to take the anonymous questionnaire. However, women who complete the questionnaire while still pregnant will be invited to complete three further questionnaires shortly post-birth and 3 months later to gather longitudinal data to analyse change across pregnancy into post-birth (aiming for 500 of the 1,000 undertaking this repeated measurement).

Phase A of the study will be open to NHS sites around England to take part.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-08-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-08-14
• Study First Posted: 2015-08-18
• Study Start: 2015-10-19
• Primary Completion: 2017-01-31
• Study Completion: 2017-01-31
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-12
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 2558

Inclusion Criteria

• Women who are more than 28 weeks pregnant OR up to 9 months post-birth

Exclusion Criteria

• Outside the limits of the number of weeks pregnant/post birth
• Living outside England
• Refusal to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression	Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire	Measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mental wellbeing	Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire	Measured using the short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale
Self-esteem	Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire	Measured using the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale
Social functioning	Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire	Measured using the Social Provisions Scale
Further questions assessing health and wellbeing including perceived health, health service utilisation, mother-infant bond and creative participation	Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire	A range of self-report questions

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music; 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom