NCT04928742

Online PHN CBT for PPD

Online Public Health Nurse-Delivered Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Postpartum Depression

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 159 (actual)
• Sponsor: McMaster University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to determine if online group CBT for PPD delivered by public health nurses is superior to postnatal care as usual in: a) acutely treating PPD, b) reducing relapse and recurrence, c) improving common comorbidities and complications of PPD including anxiety and the mother-infant relationship, and d) to determine if this treatment is cost-effective.

Detailed description

A prospective, 1-site, parallel group, RCT (1:1 ratio) in which outcome assessors and data analysts will be blinded to maternal treatment will be used to compare online PHN-delivered group CBT for PPD to postnatal care as usual. The primary objective of this study is to determine if online group CBT for PPD delivered by public health nurses is superior to postnatal care as usual in: a) acutely treating PPD, b) reducing relapse and recurrence, c) improving common comorbidities and complications of PPD including anxiety and the mother-infant relationship, and d) to determine if this treatment is cost-effective. Women in the treatment group will participate in a 9-week group CBT intervention for PPD delivered via Zoom by two public health nurses. It consists of 9 weekly 2-hour sessions where core CBT skills are learned and practiced, and a new psychoeducational topic is introduced and discussed by women each week.

Conditions

• Postpartum Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)	The 9-week group CBT intervention for PPD delivered via Zoom by two public health nurses. This intervention was developed by Dr. Van Lieshout (PI) at the Women's Health Concerns Clinic (WHCC) at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. It was designed to be brief, simple, and applicable to women in community settings. It consists of 9 weekly 2-hour sessions where core CBT skills are learned and practiced, and a new psychoeducational topic is introduced and discussed by women each week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-30
• Primary completion: 2022-03-02
• Completion: 2022-03-02
• First posted: 2021-06-16
• Last updated: 2022-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada