Evaluation of telephone-based peer-support intervention programme for preventing postnatal depression: a randomized controlled trial

ational University of Singapore0 sites138 target enrollmentJuly 25, 2017

Overview

Registry

who.int

Start Date

July 25, 2017

End Date

February 28, 2020

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

Female

Sponsor

ational University of Singapore

•The inclusion criteria for participants are mothers who:
•1\. Are 21 years old and above
•2\. Are able to read and speak English
•3\. Owns a telephone and willing to share her number
•4\. Plan to stay in Singapore for first three months post birth of their newborns
•The inclusion criteria for the peer volunteers are mothers who:
•1\. Are 21 years old and above
•2\. Are able to read and speak English
•3\. Have delivered a healthy baby in the past
•4\. Self\-reported history of and recovery from PND

•The exclusion criteria for the participants are mothers who:
•1\. Have physical or mental disorders which would interfere with their ability to participate in the study
•2\. Have complicated assisted delivery such as vacuum or forceps with 4th degree perineal tear of the mother
•3\. Give birth to a newborn at stillbirth or a newborn with congenital anomalies and/or medical complications
•The exclusion criteria for the peer volunteers:
•1\. Have physical or mental disorders which would interfere with their ability to participate in the study
•2\. Does not want to share their number and call needy mothers as instructed by research team