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The purpose of this study is to assess the acceptability and feasibility of screening common mental health difficulties in fathers and partners of women accessing perinatal mental health services.


Clinical Trial Description

Where women have mental health disorders, this can put significant strain on their partners. As well as supporting the mother and dealing with worries and uncertainty about her wellbeing, partners may take on additional childcare and household duties alongside maintaining work commitments. As a result, mental health professionals are considering ways to involve and support partners and other family members where women are accessing specialist services. This feasibility study will involve the screening of fathers/partners of women accessing perinatal mental health services, for mental health disorders including depression, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Previous empirical evidence has largely focussed on fathers but we will include partners i.e., whoever the mother identifies as her partner, therefore including individuals in same sex relationships or when the main partner is a stepparent. The screening questionnaires will help us to understand the mental health needs of fathers/partners of women who are being cared for by perinatal mental health services. This will also help us see if partners find it acceptable to complete questionnaires on their mental health and family functioning online. Three groups of participants will be approached across a 6-month period. The first; fathers/partners of women being treated in a Mother and Baby Unit. The second; fathers/partners of women being treated in community services (i.e. community Perinatal Mental Health Services). The third; fathers/partners of women who have not experienced mental health difficulties in the perinatal period. Fathers/partners in the clinical groups will initially be approached by clinicians in the relevant service (Mother and Baby Unit or Community Perinatal Mental Health Teams). They will be asked for verbal consent to be contacted by the research team. The research team will then contact the participant and provide further information about the study and obtain informed consent. Participants in the control group will be recruited online via social media and through local charities and community groups. Fathers/partners will be invited to complete screening questionnaires on their mental wellbeing -(the Edinburgh Post-natal Depression Scale (EPDS), the Gotland Male Depression Scale, the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7), the City Birth Trauma Scale), a demographic questionnaire and the Couple's Satisfaction Index. Participants will be able to complete these questionnaires online or via hard copies. The study will help to inform our understanding of whether fathers/partners find it acceptable to complete mental health screening questionnaires. It will also help to identify if fathers/partners are more at risk of developing mental health difficulties if the mother is also experiencing a mental health difficulty. ;


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NCT number NCT04971460
Study type Observational
Source King's College London
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Status Completed
Phase
Start date July 24, 2021
Completion date May 31, 2022

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