Personality Style and Self Compassion in Postpartum Depression: An Online Prevention Study

Postpartum Depression Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02813174
• Other study ID #: 16-018-H
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 15, 2016
• Last updated: August 16, 2017
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: May 9, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: August 2017
• Source: i4Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary aim of this study is to assess the relationship between personality style, self-compassion and depression during pregnancy, to identify psychological risk factors, particularly personality styles, that may contribute to the onset of PPD. Additionally, the study will provide support for the effectiveness of Internet-based Compassionate-Mind Training (iCMT) as a prevention intervention for Postpartum Depression (PPD) for women in the 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy. The study will also assess differences along personality predictors and depression severity as they relate to intervention outcomes (i.e. depression in postpartum and self-compassion) and engagement. The researchers hypothesize that women both at high and low risk for PPD will receive benefits from the intervention, however, those who endorse more maladaptive personality traits will likely engage and benefit less than those who do not endorse these traits.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 228
• Est. completion date: May 9, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: May 9, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women in the second and third trimester

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 18 years of age

• Males

• Women who are not pregnant

• Pregnant women in the first trimester of pregnancy or over 36 weeks pregnant

• Women who likely meet criteria for a Major Depressive Episode

• Women currently in in-person psychological tx

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depression, Postpartum
• Depressive Disorder
• Postpartum Depression

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Compassionate Mind Training from Compassion-Focused Therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Palo Alto University	Palo Alto	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
i4Health

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale		Change from baseline depression at 6 and 12-weeks postpartum
Primary	Vulnerable Personality Style Questionnaire		At baseline
Primary	Self Compassion Scale		Change from baseline self-compassion at two weeks post-baseline, and 6 and 12-weeks postpartum
Secondary	Mini-markers	Saucier's Mini-markers of the Big Five Personality Traits (extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism)	At baseline
Secondary	Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory - Revised		At baseline