The Momba Mobile Application-based Community

Mental Health Wellness 1 Clinical Trial

— MOMBA  

Official title:

The Momba Mobile Application-based Community

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01816945
• Other study ID #: 1207010574
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2013
• Est. completion date: September 2015

Study information

• Verified date: April 2021
• Source: Yale University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators' mobile application-based community, termed Momba, will provide a bi-directional flow of information on maternal and infant mental health to traditionally underrepresented groups of mothers and their infants. The overall goal of this mobile application-based community of low-income postpartum women and infants is to increase the social support, social networks, and social capital of low-income mothers; thereby, leading to a positive change in the health behaviors, utilization of health services, and mental health status of both mothers and their infants.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 47
• Est. completion date: September 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women will be recruited in their third trimester of pregnancy from Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) and followed for 8 months postpartum.

• Women are eligible if they are over the age of 18, in their third trimester of pregnancy, will deliver a baby at YNHH and receive prenatal care at the Women's Center.

• Meet criteria for minor or major depressive disorder.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mothers are not eligible to participate if they have previously given birth

• Are placing the baby for adoption

• Are planning to move in the next 18 months

• Are actively suicidal, psychotic or unable to provide informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Wellness 1

Intervention

Behavioral:
• MOMBA web-based application
Web-based, interactive, social network application.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Yale School of Medicine	New Haven	Connecticut

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale University	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Patient Health	Improve maternal emotional health, was measured by the PHQ-9. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a 9 item questionnaire that is used to assess depression severity. The scores range from 0-27. A score of 10 or higher can be indicative of a moderate - severe level of depression severity.	12 months
Other	Confident Network Score	To assess the improvement maternal emotional health, the Kendler Social Support Interview was used. The Kendler Social Support Interview has scores that range from 0-5, with 5 indicating a larger social network or confidant network size. Presented below are the confident network score at 12 month follow-up.	12 months
Primary	Phone Retention	To determine the potential feasibility of providing smartphones to participants and delivering and intervention through the smartphone, phone retention was measured. Phone retention was defined as the ability of participants to retain the phone over the study period. Outcome measure used was how many participants did not need a replacement phone during the study period.	15 months
Primary	Test the Proper Operating and Functioning of the MOMBA Application	To Test the proper operating and functioning of the MOMBA application, the number of participants that received training was assessed. Intervention subjects were trained (together) on the operating and functions (including how to use the privacy settings) of the Momba application and the phone. The control subjects were trained (together) on how to complete the control questionnaires and how to use the phone.	Baseline
Secondary	Acceptability and Performance of Structured Questionnaires	To determine the acceptability and performance of structured questionnaires, the measurement is categorized into whether participants did or did not complete the 12 month follow-up interview.	12 months