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Mums 4 Mums : structured telephone peer-support for women experiencing postnatal depression. Pilot and exploratory RCT of its clinical and cost effectiveness.

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Caramlau, Isabela, Barlow, Jane, Sembi, Sukhdev, McKenzie-McHarg, Kirstie and McCabe, Chris. (2011) Mums 4 Mums : structured telephone peer-support for women experiencing postnatal depression. Pilot and exploratory RCT of its clinical and cost effectiveness. Trials, Vol.12 (No.1). Article 88. ISSN 1745-6215

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-88

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Postnatal depression (PND) can be experienced by 13% of women who give birth, and such women often exhibit disabling symptoms, which can have a negative effect on the mother and infant relationship, with significant consequences in terms of the child's later capacity for affect regulation. Research has shown that providing support to mothers experiencing PND can help reduce their depressive symptoms and improve their coping strategies. The Mums4Mums study aims to evaluate the impact of telephone peer-support for women experiencing PND. METHODS/DESIGN: The study design adopts the MRC framework for the development and evaluation of complex interventions. Health visitors in Warwickshire and Coventry Primary Care Trusts are screening potential participants at the 8-week postnatal check using either the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS > = 10) or the three Whooley questions recommended by NICE (http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG45). The Mums4Mums telephone support intervention is being delivered by trained peer-supporters over a period of four months. The primary outcome is depressive symptomatology as measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Secondary outcomes include mother-child interaction, dyadic adjustment, parenting sense of competence scale, and self-efficacy. Maternal perceptions of the telephone peer-support are being assessed using semi-structured interviews following the completion of the intervention. DISCUSSION: The proposed study will develop current innovative work in peer-led support interventions and telecare by applying existing expertise to a new domain (i.e. PND), testing the feasibility of a peer-led telephone intervention for mothers living with PND, and developing the relationship between the lay and clinical communities. The intervention will potentially benefit a significant number of patients and support a future application for a larger study to undertake a full evaluation of the clinical and cost effectiveness of telephone based peer-support for PND. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN: ISRCTN91450073. The study has received a major funding grant from National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme (ref: PB-PG-0407-13232).

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics

Divisions:

Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Mental Health and Wellbeing
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School

Journal or Publication Title:

Trials

Publisher:

BioMed Central Ltd.

ISSN:

1745-6215

Official Date:

25 March 2011

Dates:

Date	Event
25 March 2011	Published

Volume:

Vol.12

Number:

No.1

Page Range:

Article 88

Identification Number:

10.1186/1745-6215-12-88

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

Funder:

National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR)

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