The DOI matches its Crossref record; 55 of the 56 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Internet-based behavioral activation—Treatment for postnatal depression (Netmums): A randomized controlled trial
Abstract
Background Despite the high prevalence of postnatal depression (PND), few women seek help. The internet may increase timely access to treatment. We report a randomized controlled trial of a minimal intervention internet Behavioral Activation (iBA) treatment modified to address postnatal specific concerns (Postnatal-iBA).Methods Women (n=910) recruited via a popular UK parenting site, Netmums.com, scoring above 12 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were randomly assigned to receive either Postnatal-iBA delivered or treatment-as-usual (TAU). We investigated the feasibility (recruitment, trial and treatment adherence) and effectiveness (depression status EPDS >12) of the intervention.Results Recruitment was excellent; 1261 women, 961 of whom met inclusion criteria, signed up to the trial within two 2-week recruitment periods. Thirty-eight percent (343/910) of women completed the 15-week outcome assessment. Of those who completed 15-week assessment, fewer exceeded the depression cutoff in the Postnatal-iBA group (n=66/181) compared to TAU (n=91/162). Assuming all non-respondents remained depressed, the Postnatal-iBA effect was reduced.Limitations The study suffered from high attrition and future trials need to consider strategies for improving outcome completion. Some women reported struggles "keeping up" with the treatment.Conclusions A minimal support, widely accessible internet Behavioral Activation program for PND is feasible to deliver to community populations when embedded within popular parenting sites. For women who provide outcome data, postnatal-iBA offers promise as an effective treatment for PND. The addition of support may reduce women's struggles to keep pace with the treatment.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“Consistent with this, other studies have also reported substantial dropout rates between the first and the second module (O'Mahen et al., 2013).”
From PandaMom – Feasibility and acceptability of an internet- and mobile-based intervention to enhance peripartum mental well-being and to prevent postpartum depression (2024) · cites this paper as O'Mahen et al., 2013
In the citing paper
“for a further two studies the acceptance was unclear [53, 63]”
From Mental health-related telemedicine interventions for pregnant women and new mothers: a systematic literature review (2023) · cites this paper as [63]
Citations
Cites
Detection of Postnatal Depression: Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Cox, J. L., Holden, J. M., & Sagovsky, R. (1987) · British Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1192/bjp.150.6.782 · Cited by 14,183
Multiple imputation using chained equations: Issues and guidance for practice
White, I. R., Royston, P., & Wood, A. M. (2011) · Statistics in Medicine · doi:10.1002/sim.4067 · Cited by 9,792
Jacobson, N. S., & Truax, P. (1991) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-006x.59.1.12 · Cited by 7,770
The burden of oral disease: challenges to improving oral health in the 21st century.
Petersen, P. E. (2005) · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · Cited by 3,575
Perinatal Depression: A Systematic Review of Prevalence and Incidence
Gavin, N. I., Gaynes, B. N., Lohr, K. N., Meltzer-Brody, S., Gartlehner, G., & Swinson, T. (2005) · Obstetrics & Gynecology · doi:10.1097/01.aog.0000183597.31630.db · Cited by 3,282
Eysenbach, G. (2005) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/jmir.7.1.e11 · Cited by 2,524
Dimidjian, S., Hollon, S. D., Dobson, K. S., Schmaling, K. B., Kohlenberg, R. J., Addis, M. E., Gallop, R., McGlinchey, J. B., Markley, D. K., Gollan, J. K., et al. (2006) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-006x.74.4.658 · Cited by 1,607 · cited 1×
“It is a parsimonious approach that has been shown to be straightforward, easy to understand, and as effective as traditional CBT (Jacobson et al., 2001; Dimidjian et al., 2006).”
ResultInternet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for symptoms of depression and anxiety: A meta-analysis
SPEK, V., CUIJPERS, P., NYKLÍČEK, I., RIPER, H., KEYZER, J., & POP, V. (2007) · Psychological Medicine · doi:10.1017/s0033291706008944 · Cited by 1,586
Treatment gap in mental health care.
Abramowitz, M. Z., Greenberg, D., & Levav, I. (2008) · PubMed · Cited by 1,483
The treatment gap in mental health care.
(2004) · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · Cited by 1,419
Research works printed but not linked: 1
- Murray, 2004, Detection and treatment of PND, Communications Practice, 77, 13
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Items 201–202 of 202
Wang, H., Kwok, J. Y. Y., Liu, M., Wang, H., Lu, Z., Tang, S., Sun, M., & McCormack, B. G. (2026) · Psychiatry Research · doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2026.117378
Shamsdanesh, S., Simbar, M., Riazi, H., Dolatian, M., & Mehrabi, E. (2026) · Crescent Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences · doi:10.34172/cjmb.3998
Metadata
- Authors
- O'Mahen, H. A., Woodford, J., McGinley, J., Warren, F. C., Richards, D. A., Lynch, T. R., & Taylor, R. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 150
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 814-822
- ISSN
- 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2082437209
- Cited by
- 202
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 11.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (acceptedVersion)
- ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0611-10203)
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- postpartum depression, online psychological intervention, parenting websites, medication adherence, attrition, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, maternal mental health
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Behavior Therapy, Female, Humans, Treatment Outcome, Depression, Postpartum, Internet
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
