Mindfulness to Reduce Post-cesarean Pain and Prevent Postpartum Depression

Pain, Postoperative Clinical Trial

— MaMiDaPP  

Official title:

Optimizing Mindfulness to Reduce Post-cesarean Pain and Prevent Postpartum Depression

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05400382
• Other study ID #: MaMiDaPP
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Contact: Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Ph.D.
• Phone: 217-300-3512
• Email: laracini[@]illinois.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will test the effect of a mobile mindfulness-based intervention on reducing post-cesarean delivery pain and preventing postpartum depression.

Description:

This clinical trial will test the effect of a mobile mindfulness-based intervention on reducing post-cesarean delivery pain and preventing postpartum depression.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 75
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-45 years of age, have a singleton pregnancy, score less than 10 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; (Cox et al., 1987b), willing to participate in the eight-week intervention or be randomized to the TAUM condition, have no significant psychiatric disorders other than depression or anxiety (e.g., bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, etc.), have no chronic pain condition (e.g., fibromyalgia), and proficient in English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who screen 10 or higher on the EPDS

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depression, Postpartum
• Depression, Unipolar
• Depressive Disorder
• Pain, Postoperative

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindfulness
Meditation training to help reduce stress and reactivity to pain and other stressors.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Southern Illinois University, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Postpartum depression	depressive symptoms EPDS 13 or higher	4 weeks - 6 months
Secondary	Post-operative pain	Post-cesarean delivery pain	4 weeks - 6 months