NCT04223115

A Randomized Controlled Study of Digitalized Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Antenatal Depression

Randomized Controlled Trial of Digitalized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Telephone Coaching for Mothers Suffering From Depression During Pregnancy

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 634 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Turku · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective of the current research project is to evaluate the effectiveness of the digitalized cognitive behavioral therapy program including telephone coaching for antenatal depressive symptoms. The participants are screened from the general population of pregnant women, as a part of the routine maternity health care check-ups. Mothers with depressive symptoms will be randomized into intervention group receiving guided digitalized treatment program or control group receiving education material about depression in digital form.

Conditions

• Depression
• Antenatal Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Digitalized CBT with phone coaching	Digitally delivered CBT intervention with weekly phone coaching
OTHER	Psychoeducation about depression	Psychoeducational material about depression in a digitalized form

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-10
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2020-01-10
• Last updated: 2024-11-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland