A Digital Intervention to Decrease Self-Stigma Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women With Substance Use Disorder
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Conditions studied: Substance Use Disorder
In brief
Digital interventions have the potential to support healthier behaviors among pregnant and postpartum women (PPW) with substance use disorders (SUDs) and may also provide a promising method for reducing their self-stigma. Enhearten is a digital intervention designed to foster adherence to medications for addiction treatment (MAT) while considering the unique needs of PPW, but its effects on self-stigma, treatment retention, and SUD outcomes have not been rigorously tested. The investigators will conduct an individual-level multicenter randomized controlled trial to test the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of Enhearten on reducing self-stigma and on improving SUD treatment and recovery outcomes with a stigma-focused ecological momentary intervention (EMI) designed to: 1) screen for feelings of stigma and 2) counteract these vulnerabilities among PPW with SUD via just-in-time interventions.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07211867
- Run by
- Washington University School of Medicine
- People needed
- 152
- Starts
- 2025-11-24
- Expected to finish
- 2027-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-11-26
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Pregnant women and new mothers (up to 12 months postpartum)
- Adult (≥18 years of age)
- Fluent in English
- Currently owns or has ready (daily) access to a smartphone or tablet to use Enhearten.
- Self-reports a history of substance use, excluding alcohol use, nicotine/tobacco use, and drugs taken as prescribed by a physician OR a history of substance use, excluding alcohol use, nicotine/tobacco use, and drugs taken as prescribed by a physician, is identified in chart review as documented by a healthcare provider
You may not qualify if…
- Significant cognitive impairment that interferes with their ability to consent and complete study tasks as self-reported or documented in medical charts by a healthcare provider
Where it is running
- Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States (enrolling)
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