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A Computer Game for Postpartum Mental Health After Emergency Cesarean Birth

NCT07290127 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-12-18

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Summary

This study aims to explore whether playing the computer game Tetris can reduce PTSD symptoms in women who have undergone emergency caesarean births. Additionally, as a feasibility study, it seeks to provide essential data and insights that will guide the design and implementation of future larger-scale RCTs examining the effects of Tetris in this context.

The specific objectives are to explore:

1. Whether playing Tetris within 24 hours of an emergency C-section help to reduce symptoms of PTSD.
2. Clinical feasibility and acceptability for an intervention (ie. game Tetris) immediately after a cesarean section.
3. Issues arising from the research design, including requitement and sample size.

Participants in the intervention group will play Tetris for at least 10 minutes, but no more than 15 minutes within 24 hours of a C-section.

For outcomes, all participants will complete the questionnaires on the fifth day after the C-section and one month postpartum.

Conditions

  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Postpartum Mental Health

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

implementation of a brief computer-based intervention "Tetris"

Within 24 hours of emergency caesarean birth, the participants played Tetris (TetrisⓇ99), a cognitive task, for at least 10 and up to 15 minutes on a Nintendo Switch Lite game console.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sachiko Asada, Master's degree · Perinatal epidemiology Department of Human Health Sciences Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University

  • Marie Furuta, Ph.D. · Perinatal epidemiology Department of Human Health Sciences Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-13
Primary Completion
2026-05-31
Completion
2027-03-31

Countries

  • Japan

Study Locations

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