Exercise and Socialization in Post-partum Depression
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Laura Peterson-Brown
- Trial code
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Started
- 28 Mar 2025
- Ended
- Nov 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Socialization
- Walking
- Moderate Exercise
- Record updated
- 29 May 2025
- Why it stopped
- No enrollment
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Over the age of 18 years old
- Two-weeks to 12 months post-partum
- EPDS over 10
- Read and Speak English
- Willing to supply contact information for their clinician and consent to their clinician being contacted in the event their depression worsens
Who cannot take part
- Use of anti-depression medication(s) at time of enrollment
- Unable to give consent
- Prisoner, parolee, state probationer, or awaiting sentence for a felony conviction
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This community-engaged research project aims to address the critical need for alternative treatments of post-partum depression (PPD). The goal of this research is to investigate the efficacy of a novel 8-week intervention combing exercise with social support to reduce PPD symptoms. It is hypothesized that exercise in addition to social support will more effectively reduce PPD symptom severity compared to social support alone. By collaborating with PPD mothers, clinicians, researchers, and local fitness instructors, the researchers aim to develop an intervention that is accessible, culturally appropriate, effective, and increases treatment adherence. Additionally, the researchers will investigate if mother-infant interactions during exercise can enhance bonding, thereby reducing the detrimental effects of maternal PPD on their off-spring.
The 3 groups in the trial
- Socialization onlyExisting treatment, for comparison
Treatment: Socialization
- Socialization and walkingExisting treatment, for comparison
Treatment: Socialization and Walking
- Socialization and moderate exerciseExisting treatment, for comparison
Treatment: Socialization and Moderate Exercise
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Post-partum Depression in Kentucky: A Community Based Intervention and a Novel AI-powered Screening Tool
- Record updated
- 29 May 2025