Reducing Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among Black and Latina Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effectiveness of a behavioral educational intervention to reduce postpartum depressive symptoms among minority mothers. METHODS: We recruited 540 self-identified black and Latina mothers during their postpartum hospital stay and randomized them to receive a behavioral educational intervention or enhanced usual care. Those in the intervention arm received a two-step behavioral educational intervention that prepares and educates mothers about modifiable factors associated with symptoms of postpartum depression (physical symptoms, low social support, low self-efficacy, and infant factors), bolsters social support, enhances management skills, and increases participants' access to resources. Enhanced usual care participants received a list of community resources and received a 2-week control call. Participants were surveyed before randomization and, 3 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months later to assess depressive symptoms. The primary outcome, depression, was assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (score of 10 or greater). RESULTS: Positive depression screens were less common among intervention compared with enhanced usual care posthospitalization: 3 weeks (8.8% compared with 15.3%, P=.03), 3 months (8.4% compared with 13.24%, P=.09), and 6 months (8.9% compared with 13.7%, P=.11). An intention-to-treat repeated-measures analysis for up to 6 months of follow-up demonstrated that mothers in the intervention group were less likely to screen positive for depression compared with enhanced usual care (odds ratio 0.67, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.47-0.97; number needed to treat 16, 95% CI 9-112). CONCLUSION: An action-oriented behavioral educational intervention reduced positive depression screens among black and Latina postpartum mothers. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov, www.clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01312883. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: I.
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Additional research suggests that educating and preparing birthing people for the postpartum experience and promoting coping strategies can prevent depression among underserved mothers.
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- Authors
- Howell, E. A., Balbierz, A., Wang, J., Parides, M., Zlotnick, C., & Leventhal, H.
- Affiliations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Venue
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Published
- 2012-05
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 942-949
- ISSN
- 0029-7844 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3336015
- OpenAlex
- W1967533840
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Obstetrics and Gynecology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (5R01MH77683-2, R01MH077683)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (P60MD000270)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Keywords
- postpartum depression, Black mothers, Hispanic mothers, social support, self-efficacy, postpartum hospital stay, depression screening, community resources, postpartum care
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Black or African American, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Health Education, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Middle Aged, New York City, Postnatal Care, Pregnancy, Surveys and Questionnaires, Logistic Models, Single-Blind Method, Treatment Outcome, Depression, Postpartum, Young Adult
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