Maternal Telemental Health Interventions in Response to Covid-19* (CoronaVirus)

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Perinatal Depression; Specific Phobia; Perinatal Anxiety

Treatments: Other: Low-Intensity Psychosocial Interventions through Telemental health

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT04594525

MRC-05-087

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a telemental health intervention on the mental health of pregnant women during the COVID-19 crisis in Qatar.

Full description

A list of potential participants, including contact information, will be extracted from Women Wellness and Research Center's registry. A probability sampling technique (simple random selection) will be employed to randomly select (Automated Random Number Generator) the potential participants. Then, the potential participants will be contacted and informed about the study. After consenting to participate, they will be screened for eligibility. The pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and followed up until nine months after delivery. The contact details of each participant will be written on a paper and sealed in an envelope marked with either letter A or B. Upon enrolment, the participants will be randomized equally with a block size of two into two parallel arms. The pregnant women in the interventional arm will receive six sessions of a low-intensity psychosocial intervention through telemental health consultations with a trained psychologist. On the other hand, those in the control arm will not receive any intervention. The participants in both arms will be screened for psychological distress (six times) over the study period.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. All pregnant women of reproductive age (18- 49) years old in the second trimester that agree and consent to receive teleconsultation.
2. No specific nationality restriction.
3. Language communicated English and Arabic.
4. Able to cooperate with data collection procedure.

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnant women with psychiatric illness and following up at Sidra or HMC mental services.
2. Pregnant women receiving mental health medications (antidepressants.)
3. Cannot communicate in English or Arabic.
4. Didn't consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

Perinatal women receiving Low intensity psychosocial interventions

Experimental group

Description:

One Arm (Intervention): Will receive baseline assessment (personal characteristics) and standard psychological distress screening tools Plus WHO-low intensity psychological interventions through Telemental health.

Treatment:

Other: Low-Intensity Psychosocial Interventions through Telemental health

Participants-Perinatal women (pregnant women and post-partum) not receiving intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

One Arm (Control): baseline assessment (personal characteristics) and standard psychological distress screening tools without the WHO-low psychological intervention through Telemental health.