Wellbeing in Pregnancy: Evaluating an Intervention to Improve Women's Emotional Wellbeing in Pregnancy (WiP)

City, University of London

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnant Women; Peripartum Period; Mental Health

Treatments: Other: Control task; Other: Wellbeing Plan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02523157

CityULondon

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Wellbeing in Pregnancy (WiP) project is an online pilot randomized controlled trial which aims to evaluate an intervention to improve women's emotional wellbeing in pregnancy.

Full description

It is estimated that mental health problems affect 10-20% of postnatal women. Many of these women do not seek help for their mental health for numerous reasons, including lack of awareness about symptoms, available treatments, and stigma. The Wellbeing Plan is a brief self-help leaflet developed by experts in perinatal mental health, and is designed to improve emotional wellbeing of women during and after pregnancy by providing information, raising awareness, helping a woman identify her own symptoms, provide coping strategies, and identify key people who can support the woman during this time. The Wellbeing in Pregnancy project is a online pilot randomized controlled trial which aims to evaluate the efficacy of the Wellbeing Plan in improving women's emotional wellbeing in pregnancy.

Enrollment: 600 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 26-38 weeks pregnant
• Sufficient proficiency in English to understand and complete the Wellbeing Plan

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

600 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Wellbeing Plan

Treatment:

Other: Wellbeing Plan

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control task. Information about physical health in pregnancy, matched for readability (Flesch score) and length/duration with the Wellbeing Plan

Treatment:

Other: Control task