Public Health Nurse-Delivered 1-Day CBT Workshops for PPD

NCT05622305 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 451

Last updated 2025-05-08

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Summary

Public Health Nurses (PHN) received training to deliver a day-long Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)-based workshop for treating postpartum depression (PPD). Participants in the study are randomly assigned to the treatment group (1-day CBT workshop) or control group (usual postnatal care). Data will be collected from all participants at baseline, 3 and 6 months later.

The study will aim to determine if online day-long CBT-based workshops delivered by public health nurses can be added to treatment as usual to improve postpartum depression more than treatment as usual alone, iif the workshops are cost-effective, and if the workshops can stably improve depression, its common comorbidities and reduce adverse effects on the family.

Hypotheses: Online 1-Day CBT-Based Workshops delivered by PHNs will be an effective (and cost-effective) way to stably improve PPD, its comorbidities, and reduce its adverse effects on the family.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

1-Day Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Based Workshop

The Online Workshop is a day-long intervention delivered by two trained public health nurses consisting of 6 hours of instruction delivered in 4 modules. The 1st contains information on PPD etiology with a focus on modifiable cognitive risk factors (e.g., negative thoughts, maladaptive core beliefs). The 2nd module focuses on cognitive skills including cognitive restructuring. The 3rd builds behavioural skills such as problem solving, behavioural activation, assertiveness, sleep strategies, and using supports. The final module provides an opportunity for goal setting/action planning. Teaching methods include didactic sections, group exercises, and role-plays. Regular breaks are incorporated. Each participant is given a professionally designed manual to facilitate learning. We also provide a list of region-specific PPD resources and a copy of the Canadian Practice Guidelines for the treatment of PPD.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ryan Vann Lieshout, MD, PhD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-11
Primary Completion
2025-01-17
Completion
2025-01-17

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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