The Impact of Creative Interventions on Symptoms of Postnatal Depression (Cohort Study)

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Post-natal depression (PND) is anticipated to affect 12.9% of new mothers with at least 75,000 cases per year in the UK alone. However, despite this, there is currently a worrying lack of support for new mothers, with data suggesting that 64% of healthcare trusts in the UK do not have a strategy for treating PND, and flaws in the current pharmacological and psychological treatment models. Consequently, research into promising psychosocial interventions such as music is critical to developing new paradigms for treating PND. This project is an ambitious programme of research that investigates links between the mental health of women in the later stages of pregnancy and first 9 months post birth and their use of psychosocial interventions including music.

Detailed Description
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The study uses an online questionnaire to achieve a cross-sectional view of the mental health of women across England in the final stages of pregnancy and the first 9 months post birth, how much and in what ways music is used by these women, and whether there are any associations between music and mental health. The study aims to recruit between 1,000 and 5,000 women to take the anonymous questionnaire. However, women who complete the questionnaire while still pregnant will be invited to complete three further questionnaires shortly post-birth and 3 months later to gather longitudinal data to analyse change across pregnancy into post-birth (aiming for 500 of the 1,000 undertaking this repeated measurement). Phase A of the study will be open to NHS sites around England to take part.

Official Title
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The Impact of Creative Interventions on Symptoms of Postnatal Depression (Cohort Study)

Conditions
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Depression, Postpartum

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Women who are more than 28 weeks pregnant OR up to 9 months post-birth Exclusion Criteria: Outside the limits of the number of weeks pregnant/post birth Living outside England Refusal to participate

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Pregnancy women and new mothers<br>The study tracks what interventions women are already registered in and compares these with their mental wellbeing. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Depression | Measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale | Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mental wellbeing | Measured using the short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale | Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire | 
| Social functioning | Measured using the Social Provisions Scale | Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire | 
| Self-esteem | Measured using the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale | Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire | 
| Further questions assessing health and wellbeing including perceived health, health service utilisation, mother-infant bond and creative participation | A range of self-report questions | Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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depression, mental wellbeing, motherhood, music, alternative therapies