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NCT number NCT03897816
Other study ID # 981
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date January 1, 2011
Est. completion date February 1, 2019

Study information

Verified date April 2019
Source University of Milano Bicocca
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Pregnant women consecutively referred to the Perinatal Psychiatric Outpatient Department, those in charge of the Psychiatric Outpatient Department and pregnant healthy controls from the general population will be recruited on a voluntary basis. Mothers will be tested with the EPDS, BAI, BDI, WHOQOL, SCID II and CTQ; their children will be tested with the CBCL between 18 months and 5 years.


Description:

in order to attest possible psychic outcomes in offspring of mothers affected by psychiatric disorders due to maternal psychopathology (with an in-depth evaluation about the role of maternal personality disorders), the investigators recruit all the women consecutively referred and admitted to the Perinatal Psychiatric Outpatient Department from January, 2011 to December, 2016, due to the manifestation of psychic suffering during pregnancy.

During their first appointment, patients are routinely administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorders (SCID II), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), World Health Organization Quality of Life Instruments (WHOQOL-BREF), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Beck Depression Interview (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Interview (BAI). The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) is used to confirm clinical diagnosis.

As a control samples, the investigators recruited pregnant patients belonging to the Outpatients Psychiatric Department who did not have psychiatric issues linked to their pregnancy or in the relationship with their children and pregnant healthy controls among the general population, with no history of mental health issues. Controls were tested as the clinical sample.

All the patients will be asked to complete a caregiver report form, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), once their children were at least 18 months old.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 450
Est. completion date February 1, 2019
Est. primary completion date March 15, 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

pregnancy; adequate comprehension; acceptance on a voluntary basis.

Exclusion Criteria:

incapacity; acute psychosis.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Locations

Country Name City State
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Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Milano Bicocca

References & Publications (23)

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary offspring mental outcomes Mothers are given the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), a widely used caregiver report form identifying problem behavior in children. For the preschool version of the CBCL (CBCL/1½-5), parents or others who interact with the child in regular contexts rate the child's behavior. Respondents rate the child's behavior on a 3-point scale (not true, somewhat or sometimes true, and very true or often true), and are instructed to rate the behavior as it occurs now or within the previous two months. This delineation differs from the instructions on other age-versions, due to the fact that rapid development and behavioral changes in the preschool age range are common. The preschool checklist contains 100 questions about behavior problems.
CBCL scores are divided in: "emotionally reactive", "anxious/depressed", "somatic complaints", "withdrawn", "sleep problems", "attention problems", "aggressive behavior", "externalize", "internalize", "other problems", "total".
18 months-5 years old
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