"Becoming Parents": A Hospital-community Partnership to Enhance Transition to Parenthood
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 290
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change from Baseline in Depressive Symptoms at 3 months postpartum
研究概览
简要总结
The proposed of this study is to determine if an intervention, known as the "Becoming Parents" programme, is more effective in improving the mental health, marital relationship and parental competence of expectant couples in a Chinese community.
详细描述
Transition to parenthood is potentially a stressful life event for many new parents, which, if not properly managed, could have adverse effects on their mental health, marital satisfaction, and parent-child relationships. The proposed programme, "Becoming Parents", aims to turn the challenges of the transition into opportunities of learning and support for these parents. Building on our experience of instituting a pioneering programme to support new fathers prenatally, "Becoming Parents" has an extra component of support for new parents in the postnatal period using trained volunteers from the community networks. Through "Becoming Parents", seamless antenatal-postnatal care based on a hospital-community partnership will be provided to 125 expectant couples in a target community which is known for its high risks for postnatal depression, child abuse and intimate partner violence. In addition to addressing the health promotional needs of the target community, "Becoming Parents" will also illustrate how a community's capacity for health promotion can be maximized through the collaboration of healthcare providers and network of community partners in helping couples function more optimally during their transition to parenthood.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years of age or older
- •Expectant couples with the pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Princess Margaret Hospital before 20 weeks of gestation.
排除标准
- •Expected couples who are unable to communicate in Cantonese, Putonghua or English.
- •Multiple pregnancy
研究组 & 干预措施
"Becoming Parents" intervention
A "Becoming Parents" Programme consists of: (i) 3 antenatal workshops conducted over a period of 10-14 weeks in prenatal period; and (ii) support provided by trained volunteers for up to 3 months post-delivery; in addition to the usual prenatal education.
干预措施: "Becoming Parents" intervention (Behavioral)
Usual prenatal education
Attend usual prenatal classes which will be provided by the midwives in the hospital.
结局指标
主要结局
Change from Baseline in Depressive Symptoms at 3 months postpartum
时间窗: Baseline and 3 months postpartum
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is used to measure women's distressed mood or dysphoria at baseline and also at 3 months postpartum
次要结局
- Change from Baseline in Parental Competence at 3 months postpartum(Baseline and 3 months postpartum)
- Change from Baseline in Marital Satisfaction at 3 months postpartum(Baseline and 3 months postpartum)
研究者
TIWARI, Agnes
Professor
The University of Hong Kong