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Online Public Health Nurse-Delivered 1-Day Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Based Workshops for Postpartum Depression

  • Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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Grant number: 438122

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $74,711.91

  • Funder

    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

  • Principal Investigator

    Van Lieshout Ryan J

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    McMaster University

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    Digital Health

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Women

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects up to 1 in 5 mothers and is associated with costs of $150,000 per case over the lifespan. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to fundamentally alter the ways in which mothers access postpartum mental health care. Under normal conditions, just 1 in 10 women with PPD get evidence-based treatment, a situation that has worsened substantially during COVID-19. As a result, innovative interventions capable of overcoming barriers and reaching large numbers of women safely are urgently needed to reduce the adverse effects of PPD on mothers, their families, the healthcare system, and society as a whole. The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a Public Health Nurse-Delivered Online 1-Day CBT-Based Workshop for PPD. We will conduct a Canada-wide randomized controlled trial where 376 women will be recruited to receive either the Nurse-Delivered Online Workshop plus treatment as usual from their healthcare providers (treatment group), or treatment as usual plus an online informational session (control group). We will compare the effect of the Public Health Nurse-Delivered Online 1-Day Workshop on levels of maternal depression, anxiety, and parenting stress, their relationship with their partners and infants, as well as emotional and behavioural problems in their older children in the treatment and control groups at three and six months. We will also assess the cost-effectiveness of the intervention. Only treatments that are safe and that can be rolled out on a large scale can have a significant positive impact on PPD at the population level. To achieve this, a shift is needed toward treatments that can reach large numbers of mothers safely and efficiently. Public Health Nurse-Delivered Online 1-Day CBT-Based Workshops reduce many of the barriers to treatment that currently exist, and can help women and families both in Canada and around the world during the pandemic and beyond.