NCT00795652

Mom: Managing Our Mood, Part of The Family Help Program

Evidence-based, Distance Treatment for Postpartum Depression, Mom: Managing Our Mood, Part of The Family Help Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: IWK Health Centre · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the MOM: Managing Our Mood Program (part of Family Help) is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Help distance intervention compared to usual or standard care typically provided to women with mild to moderate postpartum depression symptomology. This is a single-center trial based at the IWK Health Center. The primary outcome is change in postpartum depression diagnosis.

Detailed description

The Family Help- MOM: Managing Our Mood Program is to deliver, primary care mental health services to mothers in the comfort and privacy of their own home. The purpose of this randomized control trial is to test the effectiveness of the Managing Our Mood (MOM) postpartum depression distance treatment program. This study is a single-centre trial based at the IWK Health Centre, similar to other Family Help Modules. The goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the MOM cognitive-behavioural intervention as an alternative treatment for women suffering from postpartum depression. The intervention is delivered at a distance, using educational materials (handbooks, video-tapes/DVDs, and telephone consultation with a trained paraprofessional coach. Family Help coaches deliver consistent care based on written protocols, with on-going evaluation by a professional team. MOM is not designed to replace specialist care of complex multi-problem mothers. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to either active MOM treatment or to the Best Efforts control condition. Those participants assigned to Best Efforts receive printed information about postpartum depression that describes the illness, how it is caused and various treatment options; they are assigned a Coach who books their assessments and is available to answer any questions; they are encouraged to maintain contact and regular care with their family physician or public health nurse for both themselves and their baby. At the end of the 12-month follow-up (one year from randomization), these women will be offered the opportunity to take part in the MOM treatment if they are still depressed.

Conditions

• Postpartum Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Distance Treatment for postpartum depression	Evidence-based, cognitive behavioural intervention for women with postpartum depression

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-05-01
• Primary completion: 2010-02-01
• Completion: 2010-02-01
• First posted: 2008-11-21
• Last updated: 2016-09-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada