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A Prenatal Bonding Intervention for Pregnant Women With Depression

NCT05628675 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2025-06-25

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a group for pregnant women with depression that aims to help them build a stronger relationship with their unborn baby. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is the group acceptable to pregnant women with depression?
* Is it possible to run this group with pregnant women with depression?
* Could the group potentially impact bonding, parental reflective functioning and mood?

Participants will be asked to:

* attend the group (which lasts 90mins)
* complete questionnaires before and after the group, and 1 month later

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Baby CHAT

Baby CHAT is an approximately 90-minute group intervention to be delivered during pregnancy. The group is comprised of psychoeducational material about a baby's social development after birth and while the baby is growing in the womb. Attendees are encouraged to think about when an infant's social development begins and consider whether this occurs before or after birth. Participants are then shown a video clip of Reissland et al.'s (2016) study showing 4D ultrasound images of foetuses mouthing in response to sounds that are presented to them outside the womb. During Baby CHAT, parents are encouraged to reflect on this information in the context of their own baby's development, including their likes and dislikes, routine and personality. The final section of the group involves generating ideas for social activities that parents can try with their baby prior to birth, such as singing to, massaging or reading to their baby.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca C Cockburn · King's College London

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-17
Primary Completion
2023-07-12
Completion
2023-07-12

Countries

  • United Kingdom

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT05628675 on ClinicalTrials.gov