Coparenting Intervention to Prevent Postpartum Depression

Brock University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety; Postpartum Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: eHealth Antenatal Coparenting Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06305325

35957

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of an ehealth antenatal coparenting intervention (eACoP) in primiparous Pakistani women. The secondary purpose of the study was to see the effectives of the intervention in prevention postpartum depression in women. Two hundred and twelve primiparous couples were randomized into an intervention or a control group from the Aga Khan University Hospital. Couples were randomized using consecutively numbered sealed envelopes. Couples in the intervention group received the eACoP intervention during pregnancy, consist of eight online videos in addition to the standard care provided at the center. Both the intervention group and control group received standard care.

Enrollment: 106 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• primiparous
• Both women and their partners willing to participate and indicated by signed consent
• Up to 24 weeks of gestation (first and second trimester of pregnancy)
• Singleton pregnancy
• Able to speak, read, and understand English or Urdu
• Have access to internet

Exclusion criteria

• Did not have access to internet
• Had an EPDS score of >12.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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106 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

control group received the standard care. It included antenatal classes offered at the CC clinic, which comprised of four face-to-face sessions in clinic. These classes focus on pregnancy and postpartum care including baby growth in each trimester, minor discomforts, diet, exercise, personal hygiene, complications during pregnancy, labour and delivery stages, breastfeeding, care of newborn baby, and family planning methods. The 2-3 hour long face-to-face classes are offered every week on Saturdays in the clinic

eHealth antenatal Coparenting Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

This intervention focuses on developing conflict management, problem solving, communication, and mutual support to foster positive joint parenting of an infant. A modification in the delivery of this intervention was made in the current study in order to make it deliver online. The eACoP intervention included eight antenatal videos from Feinberg's Family Foundation intervention. A website for the eACoP intervention was developed, and all the videos were uploaded to the website. These videos were 30-40 minutes each. The videos were in English and subtitles in Urdu were added to the videos. These videos were accompanied by an activity-based coparenting workbook. The coparenting workbook includes a worksheet and homework for each video and was also translated into Urdu

Treatment:

Behavioral: eHealth Antenatal Coparenting Intervention