NCT05148260

Tackling Postnatal Depression: Culturally Adapted Learning Through Play Plus (LTP+) Intervention for British Mothers of African and Caribbean Origin

Tackling Postnatal Depression: Culturally Adapted Learning Through Play Plus (LTP+) Intervention for Depressed British Mothers of African and Caribbean Origin

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nottingham Trent University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

By 2030, depression will be the leading global disease burden. Postnatal depression due to childbirth/parenting leads to long-term negative consequences for mothers, their children and their families. The British African/Caribbean communities are worse hit by the unprecedented impact of post-Covid-19-syndromes, leading to an exponential increase in postnatal depression. Yet, the uptake of mental healthcare by British mothers of African and Caribbean origin is low due to limited access to culturally appropriate care. Theories of attachment and cognitivism were innovatively integrated to examine Learning-Through-Play plus (LTP+) intervention for postnatal depression using a pilot randomised controlled trial. The proposed LTP+ is co-developed and ecologically friendly because it is manualised and can be delivered by non-mental health specialists such as trained community health workers who are more culturally knowledgeable. Findings will be disseminated through academic publications/presentations, policy briefs, original animated videos and podcast series laying the foundations for a psychosocial approach to tackling postnatal depression

Conditions

• Postnatal Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Learning Through Play plus (LTP+)	Group-1: Experimental (n=40 participants) will receive the LTP+ which consist of a total of 12-group integrated treatment sessions lasting approximately 60-90 minutes per session every fortnight with 10 mother/child pair per sub-group.
BEHAVIORAL	Psychoeducation	Group-2: Controlled (n=40 participants) will receive 'psychoeducation' which consist of a total of 12-group sessions lasting approximately 60-90 minutes per session every fortnight with 10 mother-child pair per sub-group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-01
• Primary completion: 2026-08-30
• Completion: 2026-08-30
• First posted: 2021-12-08
• Last updated: 2022-11-18