Mindfulness to Reduce Post-cesarean Pain and Prevent Postpartum Depression (MaMiDaPP)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Depression, Unipolar; Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05400382

MaMiDaPP

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will test the effect of a mobile mindfulness-based intervention on reducing post-cesarean delivery pain and preventing postpartum depression.

Full description

This clinical trial will test the effect of a mobile mindfulness-based intervention on reducing post-cesarean delivery pain and preventing postpartum depression.

Enrollment: 75 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-45 years of age, have a singleton pregnancy, score less than 10 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; (Cox et al., 1987b), willing to participate in the eight-week intervention or be randomized to the TAUM condition, have no significant psychiatric disorders other than depression or anxiety (e.g., bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, etc.), have no chronic pain condition (e.g., fibromyalgia), and proficient in English or Spanish

Exclusion criteria

• Women who screen 10 or higher on the EPDS

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

Mindfulness

Experimental group

Description:

Receiving mobile, self-guided mindfulness intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness

Treatment as usual with monitoring

No Intervention group

Description:

Receiving treatment as usual with monitoring by study PI and investigators.