RCT of Automated Conversational Agent vs. Treatment as Usual for the Management of Perinatal Mood

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cognitive Therapy, Depression, Postpartum, Mental Health, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Anxiety, Telemedicine

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of an evidence-based smartphone application (app) for the management of mood compared to treatment as usual alone among 135 women who have been discharged post-delivery from Labor and Delivery at Stanford Children's Health - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Using psychometrically validated surveys for depression, postpartum depression, and anxiety, this study will evaluate whether the smartphone app has a differential effect on the mental health of postpartum women as compared to treatment as usual.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03646539

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

201

Starts

2018-10-01

Expected to finish

2019-07-04

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Postpartum day 0-7 after delivery
• Medically stable and cleared for discharge
• Owns smartphone
• English-speaking (because all intervention materials are in English)

You may not qualify if…

• Neonatal demise this admission
• Intrauterine fetal demise this admission

Where it is running

• Stanford University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology — Stanford, California, United States

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