NCT06365645Completed
Feasibility & Acceptability of App-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Postpartum Depression Prevention
Examining the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Novel App-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Preventing Postpartum Depression
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Postpartum depression (PPD) affects up 10-15% of mothers overall, but the rate of PPD can be as high as 25% among mothers with personal or obstetric risk factors. The Mothers \& Babies Program (MB) is a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based program that has been shown to prevent PPD among high-risk mothers without a prior history of depression. MB has been so consistently effective that the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends this program be given to high-risk pregnant patients. Originally designed to be given in-person and via groups, MB has been adapted to be given in person one-on-one in clinic or at home and via text message. However, MB has yet to be adapted to a smartphone application (app). Via evidence-based qualitative research and end-user centered design, MB has been adapted to a novel app, M.Bapp. This study aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of M.Bapp as a study intervention for perinatal patients as well as provide preliminary estimates of effect for the intervention.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 90 (actual)
- First submitted
- 9 Apr 2024
- Start date
- 7 Jun 2024
- Primary completion date
- 14 Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
- NCT number
- NCT06365645
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 90
- From 7 Jun 2024 to the primary completion date, 14 Jun 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Active diagnosis or history within five years of depression, anxiety, or other psychiatric condition, as documented in the electronic medical record
Other
- Endorsing active suicidality on intake survey or screening positive on EPDS (≥10) or Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 (≥10) or GAD-7 (≥8)
- prisoners
- inability to consent.
Who the study is looking for
- English- or Spanish-speaking
- maternal age \>18 years old
- smartphone ownership
- receiving prenatal care from a resident or nurse-practitioner/midwifery clinic at the Obstetric and Gynecologic Care Center at WIH
- plan to receive postpartum care at the OGCC,
- gestational age ≥32 weeks'.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 60 years · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Providence | United States | Unknown status |
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