The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental Health Optimization Virtual Intervention Network

Summary

Depression, anxiety, and related disorders such as post-traumatic stress and obsessive compulsive disorder affect about 20% of pregnant and postpartum people. When not treated properly, these issues negatively impact not only affected people, but also their children's health and development. Only 1 in 5 receive adequate treatment, so identifying new system-wide approaches to reliably deliver recommended care to perinatal mental health patients all is a crucial health care priority. The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental health Optimization Virtual Intervention Network (MOVIN) is a scalable perinatal mental health platform building on the evidence-based Collaborative care delivery model. MOVIN's online platform allows patients to connect with a care coordinator to co-develop personalized treatment recommendations, in collaboration with their primary care clinician and a perinatal psychiatrist when needed; progress is tracked to re-evaluate.

Conditions

• Depression
• Postpartum
• Anxiety
• Pregnancy

Interventions

OTHER

Enhanced Usual Care

Access to online resources and educational materials about general mental health, maternal mental health, depression and anxiety in the pregnancy and postpartum period, and an up-to-date listing of treatment services available in Ontario. These resources are maintained by the MOVIN study team.

OTHER

MOVIN Care Platform

Virtual collaborative care intervention with a stepped care approach in which a care coordinator directs participants to one or more evidence-based virtual interventions as appropriate.

OTHER

Enhanced Usual Care

Access to online resources and educational materials about general mental health, maternal mental health, depression and anxiety in the pregnancy and postpartum period, and an up-to-date listing of treatment services available in Ontario. These resources are maintained by the MOVIN study team.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

  collaborator OTHER

• Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

  collaborator OTHER

• The Ottawa Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

  collaborator OTHER

• Women's College Hospital

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-10-29

Primary Completion

2028-09-30

Completion

2029-03-31

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations