Does Enhancing Maternal Peer Interactions Decrease Rates of Postpartum Depression?
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Postpartum Depression
In brief
The long-term goal of this study is to validate a simple and inexpensive intervention to reduce the incidence and impact of Postpartum Depression (PPD). The central hypothesis is that enhancing social support of new mothers specifically via an organized peer get-together will decrease rates of postpartum depression. The rationale for the proposed research is that even though PPD is common and risk factors for developing PPD are known, simple and inexpensive interventions to prevent PPD need to be studied. Postpartum mothers will be recruited for the study and randomized into control versus intervention group. The intervention group will be placed in a peer discussion group. Incidence of PPD will be tracked.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03793569
- Run by
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- People needed
- 33
- Starts
- 2018-08-27
- Expected to finish
- 2019-07-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-08-22
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Women who deliver at the Hershey Medical Center
- Postpartum women within first week after delivery
- Women who are 18 years of age or older
You may not qualify if…
- Postpartum women who delivered newborn before 35 0/7 gestational age.
- Postpartum women whose newborn required any length of stay in the newborn intensive care unit.
- Postpartum women who do not speak English.
- Postpartum women who are less than 18 years old.
- Postpartum women who are unable to provide consent.
- Postpartum women who were on antidepressant or antianxiety medication or undergoing therapy for depression or anxiety during pregnancy or during postpartum hospitalization.
Where it is running
- Penn State Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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