Developing and Testing Motherly App: a Smartphone Application to Promote Mothers' Mental Health
- Conditions
- Maternal Depression
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Motherly AppBehavioral: Educational App (Active Control)
- Registration Number
- NCT03955718
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
- Brief Summary
The investigators plan to develop and test Motherly, a smartphone app to promote maternal mental health and child development. The Motherly app is visually appealing aimed at engaging the user with a minimalistic layout. The app will offer a gamified experience ideal for engaging youth in behaviors that can promote mental health, such as stimulating pleasure, productivity, and physical activities, connecting with peers, and eating healthy food. Pregnant women aged 16-34 living in Brazil will participate in the clinical trial to test the efficacy of the intervention.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Literate women in the first or second trimester of pregnancy
- Living in Brazil
- Owning a functional smartphone for personal use with Android or iOS operational system
- High-risk pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Motherly App Motherly App A smartphone app with an automated intervention that provides strategies to prevent maternal depression and to promote child development: (1) behavioral activation, (2) sleep hygiene, (3) physical activity, (4) social support, (5) nutrition, (6) prenatal care schedule, and (7) educational content. Educational App (Active Control) Educational App (Active Control) An app with educational content about gestation, maternal health and mental health, child development, etc.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Maternal depression At 3 months of the child's age Maternal depression measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), less than 10 points in the scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Maternal self-efficacy: General Self-efficacy Scale 3 months of the child's age Maternal self-efficacy measured by the General Self-efficacy Scale
Quality of stimulation and support available to the child in the home environment: Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment 3 months of the child's age Quality of stimulation and support available to the child in the home environment measured by the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment
Child developmental milestones 3 months of the child's age Child developmental milestones measured by the Survey of Well-being of Young Children (SWYC)
Psychological well-being Monthly up to 3 months of the child's age Psychological well-being measured by the Ryff's Psychological well-being scales
Quality of sleep: Bergen Insomnia Scale Monthly up to 3 months of the child's age Quality of sleep measured by the Bergen Insomnia Scale
Physical activity Monthly up to 3 months of the child's age Physical activity measured by accelerator data from the smartphone.
General well-being 3 months of the child's age WHO-5 Well-Being Index
Maternal anxiety 3 months of the child's age Maternal anxiety measured by the General Anxiety Disorder 7 scale
Child development After child birth up to 3 months of the child's age Child developmental milestones measured by in-app questions
Quality of maternal diet: questionnaire Monthly up to 3 months of the child's age Quality of maternal diet measured by a 14-item questionnaire developed for the present study.
Maternal parenting stress 3 months of the child's age Maternal parenting stress measured by the Parenting Stress Index (PSI)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Daniel Fatori
🇧🇷São Paulo, Brazil