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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 29 June 2015
Main ID:  NCT00604604
Date of registration: 17/01/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Toronto
Public title: Postpartum Depression Prevention Trial
Scientific title: An RCT to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Peer (Mother-to-Mother) Support for the Prevention of Postpartum Depression
Date of first enrolment: August 2004
Target sample size: 702
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00604604
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Cindy-Lee Dennis, PhD
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Affiliation:  Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- live birth

- discharged from hospital

- <2 weeks postpartum

- scored >9 on the EPDS

- availability of a peer volunteer who speaks the potential participant's language

Exclusion Criteria:

- infant not discharged home with mother

- current use of anti-depressant or anti-psychotic medication

- prior self-reported mental illness, including prior PPD, will NOT be an exclusion
criterion



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postpartum Depression
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Peer support
Primary Outcome(s)
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I); Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) [Time Frame: 12 weeks postpartum]
Secondary Outcome(s)
State Anxiety Inventory (STAI); UCLA Loneliness Scale; Maternal Health Service Utilization and Cost of Care Questionnaire; Peer Support Evaluation Inventory; Peer Volunteer Experience Questionnaire; Peer Volunteer Activity Log [Time Frame: 12 and 24 weeks postpartum]
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN68337727
MCT-66874
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Ethics review
Results
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