Parent Specific Depression Education and Motivation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depressive Symptoms
• Interventions: Behavioral: Parent-Specific Depression Education and Motivation; Behavioral: General Depression Education-Motivation

• Registration Number: NCT01453790
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Davis

Brief Summary

This project is an investigator-initiated, randomized-controlled trial of the effectiveness of written and verbal parent-specific depression education and motivational advice in increasing participants self-disclosed intention to seek follow-up care for possible depression symptoms. The control condition is written and verbal general depression education and advice. Hypothesis: the office-based experimental intervention of written and verbal parent-specific depression and emotional health education and motivational advice increases intention to seek follow-up services for emotional health or depression, when compared to written and verbal general depression education and advice.

Detailed Description

Maternal depression is a common problem, debilitating for mothers and affecting parenting practices with negative effects on the behavior, development, and physical health of children. The value of identifying and treating maternal depression for child development and well-being is well documented. Unfortunately, there are multiple barriers to the recognition and treatment of maternal depression. This is particularly problematic in younger women, as they are less often seen for health care. The overall objective of this project is to test whether the uptake of follow-up recommendations for potential depression by mothers identified by screening in clinical settings is improved by parent-specific targetting of depression education and motivational advice.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-04
• Primary Completion: 2011-10
• Study First Submitted: 2011-10-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-10-13
• Study First Posted: 2011-10-18
• Study Completion: 2012-01
• Status Verified: 2012-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-05-24
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 104

Inclusion Criteria

• Parent of a child between the ages of 2 days and 12 years who is a patient of the UC Davis Pediatric Clinic.
• Primary, female caregiver
• Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless or little interest or pleasure in doing things.
• Not currently receiving care from a mental health practitioner.
• Comfortable speaking English without an interpreter.

Exclusion Criteria

• Parent of a child younger than 2 days or older than 12 years.
• Dad, Foster parent, or other short term guardian.
• Currently in treatment with a mental health practitioner.
• Limited English Proficiency

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Parent-Specific Depression Education-Motivation	Parent-Specific Depression Education and Motivation	Mothers receive depression education (verbal and written) with messages targeted to parent status which are drawn from previous research. They also receive motivational messages at 2 days via telephone.
General Depression Education	General Depression Education-Motivation	Mothers receive general depression education (verbal and written) which are drawn from previous research. They also receive attention control telephone calls at 2 days.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression Follow-Up Care Seeking	at 2 weeks	Mothers' self-reported attempts at obtaining follow-up services for emotional health or depression.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intention to Seek Depression Follow-Up Care	at 2 weeks	Three item scale measure of intention to seek care (any) for follow-up of positive depression screen.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UC Davis Medical Center, General Pediatrics; 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States