NCT03793569

Does Enhancing Maternal Peer Interactions Decrease Rates of Postpartum Depression?

Completed NA Last updated 22 August 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Peer discussion group in Postpartum Depression in 33 participants. Completed in 30 July 2019.

Timeline

27 August 2018

Primary endpoint
30 July 2019

30 July 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	33
Start date	27 August 2018
Primary completion	30 July 2019
Estimated completion	30 July 2019
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Peer discussion group

Conditions studied

• Postpartum Depression — all drugs for Postpartum Depression →

Sponsor

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Who can join

18 and older, female only, with Postpartum Depression. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The long-term goal of this study is to validate a simple and inexpensive intervention to reduce the incidence and impact of Postpartum Depression (PPD). The central hypothesis is that enhancing social support of new mothers specifically via an organized peer get-together will decrease rates of postpartum depression. The rationale for the proposed research is that even though PPD is common and risk factors for developing PPD are known, simple and inexpensive interventions to prevent PPD need to be studied. Postpartum mothers will be recruited for the study and randomized into control versus intervention group. The intervention group will be placed in a peer discussion group. Incidence of PPD will be tracked.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.