Parent Specific Depression Education and Motivation

Depressive Symptoms Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Parent Specific Depression Education and Motivation on Intent to Seek Follow-Up Care for Potential Depression Symptoms

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01453790
• Other study ID #: 214808
• Secondary ID: 214808-7
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 11, 2011
• Last updated: May 24, 2017
• Start date: April 2011
• Est. completion date: January 2012

Study information

• Verified date: June 2012
• Source: University of California, Davis
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project is an investigator-initiated, randomized-controlled trial of the effectiveness of written and verbal parent-specific depression education and motivational advice in increasing participants self-disclosed intention to seek follow-up care for possible depression symptoms. The control condition is written and verbal general depression education and advice. Hypothesis: the office-based experimental intervention of written and verbal parent-specific depression and emotional health education and motivational advice increases intention to seek follow-up services for emotional health or depression, when compared to written and verbal general depression education and advice.

Description:

Maternal depression is a common problem, debilitating for mothers and affecting parenting practices with negative effects on the behavior, development, and physical health of children. The value of identifying and treating maternal depression for child development and well-being is well documented. Unfortunately, there are multiple barriers to the recognition and treatment of maternal depression. This is particularly problematic in younger women, as they are less often seen for health care. The overall objective of this project is to test whether the uptake of follow-up recommendations for potential depression by mothers identified by screening in clinical settings is improved by parent-specific targetting of depression education and motivational advice.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 104
• Est. completion date: January 2012
• Est. primary completion date: October 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parent of a child between the ages of 2 days and 12 years who is a patient of the UC Davis Pediatric Clinic.

• Primary, female caregiver

• Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless or little interest or pleasure in doing things.

• Not currently receiving care from a mental health practitioner.

• Comfortable speaking English without an interpreter.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Parent of a child younger than 2 days or older than 12 years.

• Dad, Foster parent, or other short term guardian.

• Currently in treatment with a mental health practitioner.

• Limited English Proficiency

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Symptoms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Parent-Specific Depression Education and Motivation
Parent-specific written and verbal depression messages garnered from previous research were consolidated into a pamphlet and script, respectively. These are dispensed after randomization in the pediatric office. At two days, mothers in the experimental group receive a motivational telephone call.
• General Depression Education-Motivation
General depression education messages were compiled and are delivered verbally (scripted) and written (JAMA Depression Patient Page) after randomization in the pediatric office. At 2 days, mothers in the comparison group receive an attention control telephone call.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UC Davis Medical Center, General Pediatrics	Sacramento	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Davis	Children's Miracle Network

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Depression Follow-Up Care Seeking	Mothers' self-reported attempts at obtaining follow-up services for emotional health or depression.	at 2 weeks
Secondary	Intention to Seek Depression Follow-Up Care	Three item scale measure of intention to seek care (any) for follow-up of positive depression screen.	at 2 weeks