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Developing and Testing Motherly App: a Smartphone Application to Promote Mothers' Mental Health

NCT03955718 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2020-07-22

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Summary

The investigators plan to develop and test Motherly, a smartphone app to promote maternal mental health and child development. The Motherly app is visually appealing aimed at engaging the user with a minimalistic layout. The app will offer a gamified experience ideal for engaging youth in behaviors that can promote mental health, such as stimulating pleasure, productivity, and physical activities, connecting with peers, and eating healthy food. Pregnant women aged 16-34 living in Brazil will participate in the clinical trial to test the efficacy of the intervention.

Conditions

  • Maternal Depression

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motherly App

The Motherly app is a behavioral intervention aimed at preventing maternal depression and promoting child development.

BEHAVIORAL

Educational App (Active Control)

An app with educational content about gestation, maternal health and mental health, child development, etc.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Grand Challenges Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-25
Primary Completion
2020-05-01
Completion
2020-06-01

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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