Theory Construction and Effect of Intervention on Pregnant Women With Gestational Hypertension and Endocrine Disorders

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pregnancy-related Complications
• Interventions: Behavioral: cognitive behaviors; Behavioral: Telephone consultation

• Registration Number: NCT03499925
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

Few reports have addressed mental health for women with pregnancy complication over a prolonged time period. Meanwhile, the caring model with intervention for women who have pregnancy complication needs to be developed. The aims of this study are to (1) describe and compare the differences in health indicators during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and 1 year postpartum; (2) develop the theoretical framework of relationship among health indicators during perinatal period; (3) develop a telephone follow-up and consultation program and examine its effect on women's resilience, depression, anxiety and quality of life. In the first stage, a prospective longitudinal investigation will be performed in women at pregnancy and postpartum. Women with pregnancy-related complications will be recruited. All participants will complete questionnaires that assess demographic characteristics, obstetric and birth history, depression, anxiety, resilience and quality of life. Participants who are in early, middle, late pregnancy, 3-5 days, 1st, 3rd, and 6th month and 1 year postpartum will be contacted to complete the questionnaires by mail or at study site clinics. The sample size was estimated by drop rates and power calculation. Approximately 380 women in early pregnancy will be recruited at a medical center in northern Taiwan. The first stage of this study will be conducted over a 3-year period. In the second stage, randomized control trial with single blind will be used to recruit eligible subjects from women in the waiting room for prenatal examination at a medical center in Taipei. The eligible subjects will be randomized into a control or experimental group. The women in the control group will receive usual care and those in the experimental group will receive four instances of telephone follow-up or face-to-face consultation. Two groups will receive 3 times measurements of depressive symptom, anxiety, resilience and quality of life. Meanwhile, Investigators will assess the health indicators of women's newborn. Data will be analyzed by independent t-test and generalized estimating equations. Forty-eight subjects will be recruited in each group. Totally, 300 subjects will be approached in terms of including a 30% dropout rate. The second stage of this study will be conducted over a 2-year period.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2018-03
• Study First Submitted: 2018-03-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-09
• Study First Posted: 2018-04-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-18
• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-20
• Study Start: 2018-04-23
• Primary Completion: 2021-07-31
• Study Completion: 2021-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Test Group	cognitive behaviors	Telephone consultation effectiveness and cognitive behaviors
Test Group	Telephone consultation	Telephone consultation effectiveness and cognitive behaviors

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
CES-D	one week	The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale asked the subject how often depressive symptoms had occurred in the past week. There were four frequencies: no, very few (less than one day per week), sometimes (every Monday to two days), and frequent (three to seven days per week). Options To assess each symptom, score 0 to 3 for each question. After the forward question is scored backwards, the total score for the 20 questions is between 0 and 60. Radloff Radloff suggested that the results should be explained by the total score of the scale. The total score is suggested to be interpreted by the total score of the scale. The total score is recommended to be explained by the total score of the scale, and the total score is recommended to be explained by the total score of the scale. The higher the total score, the more severe the depressive symptoms.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan