Evaluating Technology Enabled Services in Perinatal Depression

Northwestern University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: IntelliCare; Other: COMPASS-Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05525689

MH119029-RP2-RCT

5P50MH119029-04 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators are evaluating a Technology Enabled Service (TES) to support the treatment of depression in the context of a collaborative care service in obstetrics clinics.

Full description

Investigators are evaluating a Technology Enabled Service (TES) to support the treatment of depression in the context of a collaborative care service in obstetrics clinics. The TES consists of digital technologies that connect patients to care managers remotely, providing tools for monitoring patient symptoms, communication, and delivery of a digital intervention. The intervention consists of a patient-facing app for assessment and self-management of depression.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English speaking
• 18 years or older
• Referred to Northwestern Medicine COMPASS program for mental health care
• Currently pregnant or within 3 months of delivery
• Moderate to severe perinatal depression (defined as a PHQ-9 screen greater than or equal to 10)
• Owns a smartphone, has used smartphone in last 7 days

Exclusion criteria

• Experienced a pregnancy loss (miscarriage, termination, or stillbirth of the index pregnancy)
• Severe suicidality (as defined by the presence of a plan and intent to act on that plan)
• Not meeting the inclusion criteria described above

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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75 participants in 2 patient groups

Technology Enabled Service

Experimental group

Description:

Access to the Intellicare suite of digital mental health self-management tools and coaching

Treatment:

Behavioral: IntelliCare

eTreatment as Usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

Current care plus access to a website that will provide content specific to perinatal depression

Treatment:

Other: COMPASS-Care