Telephone-based peer support intervention programme for prevention of postnatal depressio

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Postnatal depression; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mild mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14864807
• Lead Sponsor: ational University of Singapore

Brief Summary

1. 2018 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29540338 2. 2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31469084 (added 02/09/2019) 3. 2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31469080 (added 02/09/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-07-25
• Last Update Posted: 7 October 2019
• Study Completion: 2020-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 138

Inclusion Criteria

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
5. Have phone and willing to share her number and call needy mothers as instructed by the research team
6. Plan to stay in Singapore for next 6 months from the time of recruitment to participate in mother to mother peer support intervention programme (PIP)

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postnatal depression is measured using Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire at recruitment (baseline), 4 weeks and 12 weeks postpartum

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Anxiety is measured using State Trait Anxiety Inventory at recruitment (baseline), 4 weeks and 12 weeks postpartum<br> 2. Loneliness is measured using UCLA Loneliness Scale at recruitment (baseline), 4 weeks and 12 weeks postpartum<br> 3. Social support is measured using Perceived Social Support for Parenting (PSSP) at recruitment (baseline), 4 weeks and 12 weeks postpartum<br>