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Be a Mom: Effectiveness of an eHealth Intervention for Promoting Maternal Mental Health

NCT04055974 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2021-03-18

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Summary

Be a mom (a web-based cognitive-behavioral intervention) is being tested in another trial as a preventive intervention in the postpartum period (NCT03024645). However, given its content and the focus on developing and strengthening psychological resources, it is important to understand if Be a Mom is also effective in promoting maternal mental health of postpartum women who are not at risk of developing postpartum depression. Thus, the main goal of this research is to apply and evaluate Be a Mom for the promotion of mental health, in terms of its efficacy, acceptability and feasibility (user's adherence, dropout), user's satisfaction and cost-effectiveness.

The RCT will be a two-arm trial. Women with a child aged up to 3 months old will be enrolled in the study. A minimum number of 1000 women will be enrolled in the study. After agreeing to participate in the study, the women will be screened for the absence of risk factors for PPD (PDPI-R \< 5.5). In case of a negative screen, women will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: the intervention (Be a Mom program) or the control condition. The sample will be recruited online.

Participation in this study will last 15 months. The Be a Mom program will last 5 weeks. Participants in both conditions will be invited via email to complete baseline, post-intervention and follow-up assessments (4-months and 12-months after post-intervention). Assessments will include self-report questionnaires to assess several indicators (e.g., positive mental health, quality of life, marital satisfaction, depressive and anxiety symptoms, maternal self-efficacy), mechanisms that may be involved in the treatment response (e.g., self-compassion, emotional regulation), user's acceptability and satisfaction and cost-effectiveness.

Conditions

  • Mental Health Wellness 1

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Be a Mom

The Be a Mom program is a web-based self-guided cognitive-behavioral intervention targeting postpartum women. It consists of 5 weekly modules, each targeting a specific thematic content, and providing women with both information and specific therapeutic strategies (with a strong focus on cognitive-behavioral techniques) to address each thematic content. Modules are sequential.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Coimbra

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ana Fonseca, PhD · University of Coimbra

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-15
Primary Completion
2021-09-01
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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