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Treatment of Postnatal Depression for Low-Income Mothers in Primary Care in Santiago, Chile

NCT00518830 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 230

Last updated 2007-08-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A randomized clinical trial was carried out at primary care level in Santiago, Chile to investigate a combined treatment for women suffering post-natal depression and preventing the adverse consequences of this illness on infant's growth and development.

Conditions

  • Postnatal Depression

Interventions

OTHER

multi-component intervention

The PND-MCI included psycho-educational groups, structured pharmacotherapy if needed, and systematic monitoring of clinical progress and treatment compliance

OTHER

Usual care

included all services normally available in the clinics, including antidepressant medication, brief psychotherapeutic interventions or referral for specialty treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Chile

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Graciela Rojas, MD · University of Chile

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Completion
2006-07-31

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