Mothers Avoiding Depression Through Empowerment Intervention Trial
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Postpartum Depression
In brief
Postpartum depressive symptoms are a major health problem that affects hundreds of women annually. The investgators propose to test an intervention to reduce postpartum depressive symptoms and prevent elevated levels of depressive symptoms in postpartum mothers by preparing and educating women about specific situational triggers of depressive symptoms, by bolstering personal and social resources, by enhancing self-management skills to buffer postpartum demands, and by increasing access to existing healthcare and community resources available to postpartum mothers.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01312883
- Run by
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- People needed
- 540
- Starts
- 2007-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-03-11
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient in the Maternity Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital
- Infant has a birth weight greater than or equal to 2,500 grams
- Infant has a 5-minute Apgar score greater than or equal to 7
- Self-identifies as Black/African American or Hispanic/Latina; White or minority other than Black/African American or Hispanic/Latina will be referred to a parallel study with the same protocol at Mount Sinai Hospital
- Speaks English or Spanish
- Has a working telephone
Where it is running
- Mount Sinai Hospital — New York, New York, United States
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