Clinical trial NCT04919967: Online Training for Addressing Perinatal Depression
Official title: Online Training for Addressing Perinatal Depression
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Keywords: Detection
Screening
Treatment
Depression
Anxiety
mood disorders
perinatal
maternity care
Lead sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Praxis, Inc.
name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
First posted: 2021-06-09
Enrollment: 140
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The study team is developing an e-learning course to train obstetric providers to address perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. The study team will conduct a formative evaluation of the e-learning course with 10 obstetric providers and revise/refine the course based on feedback and then conduct a summative evaluation using a cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). The three-arm cluster RCT will evaluate the effectiveness of 1) a virtual implementation protocol and e-learning/toolkit as compared to 2) e-learning/toolkit alone as compared to 3) treatment-as-usual. Effectiveness will be evaluated based on rates and quality of care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Using 2:2:1 randomization, the study team will randomize a minimum of 15 to a maximum of 25 obstetric practices into three groups: (1) virtual implementation protocol plus e-learning/toolkit (n=6 to 10); (2) e-learning/toolkit alone (n=6 to 10); and (3) treatment-as-usual (n=3 to 5), which will yield a maximum of 1000 patient charts evaluated for care received from obstetric providers in the randomized practices. Charts from 40 patients per practice will be evaluated at 3 different time points.

Detailed description: The objective of this cluster RCT is to evaluate the effectiveness of adding an implementation protocol to the e-learning/toolkit in comparison to the e-learning/toolkit alone in comparison to treatment-as-usual among a maximum of 1000 patients receiving care from 15 - 25 obstetric practices regarding the rates and quality of care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Using 2:2:1 randomization, we will randomize 15 - 25 obstetric practices into three groups: (1) virtual implementation protocol plus e-learning/toolkit (n=6 - 10); (2) e-learning/toolkit alone (n=6 - 10); and (3) treatment-as-usual (n=3 - 5).

The study team will conduct a baseline practice and provider assessment which will inform restricted randomization based on existing approaches to screening for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and the clinical care of perinatal women who screen positive. Pre- and post-intervention data will be obtained through individual provider surveys to evaluate perinatal mood and anxiety disorder care practices, knowledge, and attitudes. Rates and quality of care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders will be assessed pre- and post- using our established approach and tool to evaluate practice readiness to evaluate and address perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (Masters et al., submitted). Our tool quantifies the extent to which assessment, treatment, monitoring, and transfer of care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders is documented in patient medical records and provides benchmarks to measure the extent to which obstetric practices successfully integrate perinatal mental health care into their workflow over time. Records will be reviewed from the initiation of prenatal care through postpartum care for given pregnancies, for all abstracted charts.

Participants in all phases of the project will complete the following: (1) a demographic questionnaire (pre-), (2) a knowledge test (pre- ,post- and final post assessment), (3) a practices and attitudes survey (pre-, post- and final post assessment), and (4) chart abstraction (pre- and post-) . The participants in the virtual implementation protocol plus e-learning/toolkit and e-learning/toolkit alone group will also complete a usability and satisfaction survey (post-test). All practices will also be asked to facilitate a medical record review/chart abstraction of a total of 120 patient files, 40 pre-pandemic and 40 post pandemic first wave and 40 post e-learning/implementation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* licensed independent providers e.g. Ob/Gyn attendings and residents, family medicine, Maternal Fetal Medicine physicians (attending/fellow), certified nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants)

Exclusion Criteria:

* providers from the participating practices that are unable to consent,
* individuals who are not yet adults,
* prisoners
* non-English speaking participants in the study.

Pregnant women will not be excluded from participation in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in rates of screening for bipolar disorder during the 1st or 2nd half of pregnancy.
timeFrame: Baseline and 13 months post baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in rates of screening for anxiety disorder during the 1st or 2nd half of pregnancy
timeFrame: Baseline and 13 months post baseline
measure: Change in Providers' quality of care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
timeFrame: Baseline and 13 months
Other outcomes:
measure: Change in Provider Self-Reported rate of Screening
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month and 13 months
measure: Change in Provider Subject Matter Knowledge acquisition and retention
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month and 13 months
measure: Change in Provider attitudes and beliefs related to perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month and 13 months
measure: Training satisfaction and usability
timeFrame: 1 month
Locations:
city: Leominster
country: United States
facility: Montachusett Women's Health - UMass Memorial Health Alliance
state: Massachusetts
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Health
name: Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, FACLP
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Health
name: Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd, FACOG
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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