Supporting the Transition to and Engagement in Parenthood (STEP)

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Maternal Distress; Prenatal Stress; Trauma, Psychological; Mental Health Issue

Treatments: Behavioral: STEP

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04829864

STEP Phase 2

Details and patient eligibility

About

STEP (Supporting the Transition to and Engagement in Parenthood) is a manualized group intervention for pregnant women exposed to early life adversity designed to foster emotion regulation and reflective capacities in participants.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women ages 18+ years
• Interested in reflecting about their experience of pregnancy and willing to attend weekly sessions in group setting.
• Must speak French as their first language

Exclusion criteria

• Severe psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
• Severe emotional dysregulation
• Current self-harm
• Not sure to keep the child
• High level of hostility

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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110 participants in 2 patient groups

STEP

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will participate, online or in-person, to the 8-9 sessions of the program addressing the psychological experience of pregnancy and supporting reflective capacities in relation to trauma and motherhood.

Treatment:

Behavioral: STEP

Usual prenatal cares

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants of the comparison group will receive usual prenatal cares (ex. prenatal classes)