Clinical Trial: Effectiveness of a Web-based Nursing Intervention in the Reduction of Postpartum Depression and Parenting Stress.

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Enhancing Follow-up Mechanisms for Women at Risk for Postpartum Depression

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 Summary: 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.
Sponsor: Saint Anselm College

Current Primary Outcome: postpartum depression symptoms [ Time Frame: 6 months postpartum ]

Measured by scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) at three time points


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • breastfeeding outcomes [ Time Frame: 6 months postpartum ]
    Duration and pattern of infant feeding
  • patient satisfaction/experience [ Time Frame: 6 months postpartum ]
    Participant response to the experience of receiving messages and having the option to talk to a nurse (group 3), as well as their sense of connection to the hospital where they gave birth
  • Parenting stress [ Time Frame: 6 months postpartum ]
    Scores on the Parenting Stress Index (PSI-4)


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Saint Anselm College

Dates:
Date Received: July 20, 2016
Date Started: November 2015
Date Completion: January 2018
Last Updated: July 25, 2016
Last Verified: July 2016