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Mothers Avoiding Depression Through Empowerment Intervention Trial

NCT01312883 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 540

Last updated 2011-03-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Postpartum depressive symptoms are a major health problem that affects hundreds of women annually. The investgators propose to test an intervention to reduce postpartum depressive symptoms and prevent elevated levels of depressive symptoms in postpartum mothers by preparing and educating women about specific situational triggers of depressive symptoms, by bolstering personal and social resources, by enhancing self-management skills to buffer postpartum demands, and by increasing access to existing healthcare and community resources available to postpartum mothers.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral education intervention

One education session with a social worker while at the hospital, provision of an educational pamphlet and summary sheet for partner, a needs assessment by the social worker 2 weeks after hospital discharge, and additional patient education and reinforcement of self-management skills, as needed

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth A Howell, MD, MPP · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-09-30
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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