MAMA NO STRESS Project. The Effects of the "HAPPY MAMA" Intervention

Summary

This study evaluates the effects of a postpartum intervention in increasing the maternal well-being and self-efficacy of Italian women in the first one to six months after childbirth, as well as in reducing postpartum depression and stress.

The intervention will use the motivational interviewing against high levels of daily stress. One third of participants will be exposed to a 3,5 hours group intervention approximately 1 month after delivery, one third will be exposed to an individual intervention in the same period and one third will receive no intervention. Participants will be followed with stress and depression questionnaires.

Conditions

• Depression, Postpartum
• Stress, Psychological
• Postpartum Sadness
• Self Efficacy
• Mother-Infant Relations

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Collective Intervention "G"

The steps are: 1. Listening/establishing relationship. This step is characterized by listening and understanding the critical points from the new mothers. The operator maintains a nonjudgmental approach encouraging the women to describe the need for behavioral change. 2. Analysis. The situation must be carefully evaluated, considering the discomfort and emotional distress. The stress situation will be described in a subjective way and they will assign a grade of discomfort for each problem. 3. Assessment. The operator will carry out a multidimensional evaluation of the mothers within the dyad. The operator will evaluate the strategies implemented by the mothers to face problems and the reasons of the failures. 4. Summary and goal of the intervention. The problems detected by the operator will be explained and summarized to the participants. The operator explores ways to implement change.

BEHAVIORAL

Individual Intervention "I"

The steps are: 1. Listening/establishing relationship. This step is characterized by listening and understanding the critical points from the new mother. The operator maintains a nonjudgmental approach encouraging the woman to describe the need for behavioral change. 2. Analysis. The situation have be carefully evaluated, considering the discomfort and emotional distress. The stress situation will be described in a subjective way, and she will assign a grade of discomfort for each problem. 3. Assessment. The operator will carry out a multidimensional evaluation of the mothers within the dyad. The operator will evaluate the strategies implemented by the mother to face problems and the reasons of the failures. 4. Summary and goal of the intervention. The problems detected by the operator will be explained and summarized to the participants. The operator explores ways to implement change.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Roma La Sapienza

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Alice Mannocci · University "La Sapienza", Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-11-30

Primary Completion

2019-12-31

Completion

2020-09-30