Willkommen Mutterglück: Online CBT for Pregnant and Postpartum Women With Depression and Anxiety

Summary

This intervention study aims to evaluate the effectivity of web-based cognitive therapy in reducing depression and anxiety in pregnant and postpartum women. Moreover, it aims to assess treatment feasibility and usability of the treatment in the same population.

After an initial screening to determine the eligibility to participate, all participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria will receive their personal access login in order to start the intervention.

Conditions

• Prenatal Anxiety
• Generalized Anxiety
• Postpartum Depression
• Major Depressive Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

The "Willkommen Mutterglück" program is an 8-session, interactive web-based CBT intervention for prenatal and postpartum depression and anxiety. The sessions are administered online via audio and video images. Each weekly session has a duration of 40-50 minutes during which the participants are asked to actively participate through exercises and quizzes. A SCID interview for screening will be conducted by a trained clinical psychologist and an experienced psychiatrist from our outpatient clinic will verify the diagnosis. Screened and consented participants will answer baseline questionnaires, provide sociodemographic information and receive a private login to access the program. After completing the 2nd, 4th and 8th intervention session participants will fill in psychological questionnaires. During the intervention, participants will be contacted three times by telephone by coaches (psychotherapists in training) who follow a manualized script.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ambulatorium für kognitive Verhaltenstherapie und Verhaltensmedizin - UZH

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Lamprecht AG

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Zurich

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ulrike Ehlert, Prof. Dr. · University of Zurich, Department of Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

• Rita Amiel Castro, Dr. phil. · University of Zurich, Department of Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

45 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-06-30

Primary Completion

2022-01-31

Completion

2024-01-31

Countries

• Switzerland

Study Locations