Social Media-Based Parenting Program for Women With Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Impact on Child Development

Summary

The long-term goal is to develop effective parenting strategies to facilitate optimal child development for mothers suffering with PPD symptoms. The overall objective for this application is to study whether this program combined with online depression treatment leads to more responsive parenting (target) and signals improved child language, socioemotional and cognitive development (outcomes) compared to depression treatment alone. Findings from this application can be used to inform a future study to test the effectiveness and implementation of this social media-based parenting program.

Conditions

• Postpartum Depression
• Parenting
• Parent-Child Relations
• Child Development

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

MoodGym

Participants in the control group will be enrolled in MoodGym, an evidence-based online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) program for depression. Through the MoodGym program, participants will have access to interactive exercises, workbooks, anxiety and depression quizzes, and downloadable relaxation audio files. Investigators will supplement Moodgym with a facilitator contact by texting or email to check-in and encourage completion of intervention. MoodGym will provide information on the number of sessions completed by participants (engagement and dosage).

BEHAVIORAL

Social Media-Based Parenting Program

Participants in the intervention group will be enrolled in Facebook secret user groups, administered by a trained facilitator, to permit participants to view and comment on posted materials. Content and user identity are restricted to invited participants to maintain privacy. Investigators will organize educational materials into video vignettes, narrated PowerPoint presentations, and written materials. The facilitator reviews and comments on postings daily and provides feedback to participants. Facebook analytics for the secret groups are available to group administrators and will provide information on any sessions viewed and counts of sessions viewed and comments posted. Participants randomized to the intervention will also have the option to take part in a preliminary virtual session through a secure video platform (e.g. BlueJeans) and will receive weekly engagement text messages. Women in the intervention group will be enrolled in the online depression treatment program, MoodGym.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• James Guevara, MD,MPH · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

• Rhonda Boyd, PhD · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-11-18

Primary Completion

2025-04-14

Completion

2025-04-14

Countries

• United States

Study Locations