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

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

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

Brief Summary:

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 Summary:

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.


Sponsor: Royal College of Music

Current Primary Outcome: Depression [ Time Frame: Retrospective measure since the date of completion of the previous questionnaire ]

Measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale


Original Primary Outcome: Depression [ Time Frame: Retrospective measure of the past month prior to the date of completion of the questionnaire ]

Measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale


Current Secondary Outcome:

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


Original Secondary Outcome:

  • Social functioning [ Time Frame: Retrospective measure of the past month prior to the date of completion of the questionnaire ]
    Measured using the Social Provisions Scale
  • Mental wellbeing [ Time Frame: Retrospective measure of the past month prior to the date of completion of the questionnaire ]
    Measured using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale
  • Self-esteem [ Time Frame: Retrospective measure of the past month prior to the date of completion of the questionnaire ]
    Measured using the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale


Information By: Royal College of Music

Dates:
Date Received: August 14, 2015
Date Started: October 19, 2015
Date Completion:
Last Updated: April 12, 2017
Last Verified: April 2017