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EMA and mHealth in Preventing Postpartum Depression

NCT06777563 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-01-16

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Summary

This proposed study aims to develop and examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a proactive intervention model that combines brief psychological counselling, Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), mHealth-based psychological support, and CBT-guided telephone counselling to prevent postpartum depression (PPD).

Conditions

  • Postpartum Depression (PPD)
  • Ecological Momentary Assessment
  • mHealth Intervention

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief psychological counselling and health education

This is a brief 1-on-1 psychological counselling, including potential mood fluctuation during pregnancy, possible prepartum depressive symptoms, and available psychiatric consultation and medication in Hong Kong with self-help psychoeducational materials.

BEHAVIORAL

2 Weeks of Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA)

The 2-week EMA period will start the next day. Participants will be prompted to answer questions about emotion (e.g. worry, enjoyment, anxiety, etc.) and other lifestyle and environmental triggers through the smartphone notification function. There will be a 2-hour window for each assessment before expiration and total 5 assessments a day.

BEHAVIORAL

10 weeks of mobile health psychological support

A total of 20 regular instant messages (e.g., via WhatsApp) personalised by baseline demographic characteristics (current pregnancy details, history of postpartum mental illness) and results of EMA will be sent to the participants in multi-media formats.

BEHAVIORAL

CBT-guided telephone counselling booster

A 45-minute telephone counselling based on CBT.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-25
Primary Completion
2025-06-30
Completion
2025-08-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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