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Task Sharing Counseling Intervention by Community Health Workers for Prenatal Depression in South Africa — AFFIRM-SA  

Postpartum Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:
The Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of a Task Sharing Counseling Intervention by Community Health Workers for Prenatal Depression in South Africa

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this randomised controlled trial (RCT) is to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a task sharing counseling intervention for maternal depression in South Africa(i.e. provided by non-specialist health workers)

Clinical Trial Description

Specific Objectives:

1. To determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of task sharing care to community health workers (CHWs), compared to enhanced usual care in South Africa, on both primary outcome measures (severity of prenatal maternal depression symptoms) and on a series of secondary outcome measures (functional status, health care utilization, social support and postnatal infant growth).

2. To examine factors influencing the implementation of the task sharing intervention and future scale up, by assessing feasibility, sustainability, quality, and safety, and by qualitative exploration of the experience of task sharing from the perspectives of both CHWs and patients. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT01977326
Study type Interventional
Source University of Cape Town
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date October 2013
Completion date June 2016
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