Effect of remote, Peer-Administered behavioural Activation and peer-support intervention for Antenatal Depression on gestational age at delivery: the single-blind, randomized control PAADtrial

niversity of Calgary0 个研究点目标入组 250 人开始时间: 2022年4月8日最近更新: 2024年7月8日

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试验速览

2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36997966/ (added 31/03/2023)

•Participants will be included if they:
•1. Are pregnant
•2. Reside in the Calgary Zone of Alberta Health Services
•3. Are 18 years of age or older
•4. Score greater than or equal to 10 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, which indicates a probable depression.
•5. Participants who have been on a stable dose of anti-depressant medications (SSRIs) for three months or more, prior to pregnancy are eligible to participate.
•Peer counsellors will be included if they:
•1. Are mothers (or the birth-giving parent), and have recovered from past antenatal depression or postpartum depression, as this will give them the peer-perspective on the experiences and needs of the intended patient population;
•2. Have at least some completed post-secondary education, as this indicates the level of education adequate to understand and enact the content, theory and practical aspects of the intervention
•3. Demonstrate basic understanding of mental health, and openness to evidence-based treatments for depression as this will allow for successful and ethical delivery of the intervention

•Participants will be excluded if they:
•1. Have a lifetime diagnosis of severe psychiatric illness (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, other psychoses), as these individuals need professional assistance beyond that which peer counsellors can provide.
•2. Are engaged in an active treatment regimen for a diagnosed mental illness (counselling; non-SSRI medications), as this would act as a potential confounding variable
•Peer counsellors will be excluded if they:
•1. Screen positive for one or more of anxiety, depression or high stress, as these would preclude them from being suitable peer-counsellors
•2. Cannot communicate effectively in English, as our study budget precludes the use of any translation services

发起方

niversity of Calgary