Clinical trial NCT02843022: Effectiveness of a Web-based Nursing Intervention in the Reduction of Postpartum Depression and Parenting Stress.
Official title: Enhancing Follow-up Mechanisms for Women at Risk for Postpartum Depression
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Depression, Postpartum
Keywords: postpartum
nursing
follow-up
Lead sponsor: Saint Anselm College
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Catholic Medical Center
First posted: 2016-07-25
Enrollment: 683
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is to determine whether a web-based nursing intervention delivered during the postpartum period will decrease symptoms of postpartum depression and parenting stress.

Detailed description: The purpose of this randomized, controlled trial is to determine whether receiving standardized messages (text or email) from a postpartum nurse four times/week for 6 months after delivery will decrease symptoms of postpartum depression and parenting stress. Enrolled women will be randomized to one of three groups. The first group will receive the usual care, which is a phone call from a nurse within the first few weeks postpartum. The second group will receive four standardized messages each week, the content of which will include infant care, maternal self-care and inspirational material. The third group will receive the same four standardized messages each week, and in addition, two of these weekly messages will offer the option to respond with a request for a nurse to call them. Baseline data will be collected during the postpartum hospitalization, and follow-up will occur by email at 3 weeks, 3 months and 6 months postpartum.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Able to speak and read English
2. Access to a device which can receive text or email messages

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Non-English speaking,
2. No access to a device which can receive text or email messages
3. Age younger than 18 -

Primary outcomes:
measure: postpartum depression symptoms
timeFrame: 6 months postpartum
Secondary outcomes:
measure: breastfeeding outcomes
timeFrame: 6 months postpartum
measure: patient satisfaction/experience
timeFrame: 6 months postpartum
measure: Parenting stress
timeFrame: 6 months postpartum
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Manchester
country: United States
facility: Catholic Medical Center
state: New Hampshire
Study officials:
affiliation: Saint Anselm College
name: Deborah E. McCarter, PhD, RN
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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