NCT02323152

PREVENTION OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION DEVELOPMENT IN WOMEN WITH VERY HIGH RISK

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 135 (actual)
• Sponsor: Basque Health Service · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Postpartum depression is a disease with a prevalence of 10% which has not only deleterious consequences for the mother but also for the baby and can delay the physical, social and cognitive development of the baby. Therefore we consider very important to prevent this disease as from the centers of care for women with a multidisciplinary approach. The aim of this study is to determine whether psychoeducation oriented in problem solving is effective in preventing the development of postpartum depression in women with very high risk. Methodology: screening of 1000 women in 3rd trimester of pregnancy. We expect that 25% have at least one risk factor for postpartum depression (250). Of these women, aproximately a 50% will have a very high risk of developing postpartum depressión and will be included in the study (n = 125). These women will be randomized to two groups: treatment with psychotherapy focused on problem solving (6 sessions: 1 individual session + 5 group sessions) or usual care control group (usual postpartum control). After treatment, women will be evaluated twice, at the end of therapy and at 6 weeks. Survival curves will be used tu assess the time it takes patients to develop major depression in the postpartum.

Conditions

• Postpartum Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	psychoeducation	Usual treatment + psychoteraphy focused on problem solving (6 sessions). The psychoeducational programme consists of 6 sessions of 60 minutes, one per week.
OTHER	Standard care	Puerperal control with their doctor. This group will also be interviewed with the same frecuency of the experimental group but will not receive a psichologycal treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-09-01
• Primary completion: 2016-09-01
• Completion: 2016-09-01
• First posted: 2014-12-23
• Last updated: 2014-12-23