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Trial History Detail on 2005-10-27

CUHK_CCT00019

2005-10-19

Prospective

N/A

Department of Health

Department of Health

The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Unviersity of Hong Kong

Dr. Shirley Leung/ Dr. Cynthia Leung

fhssro@dh.gov.hk

email

Dr. Dominic T.S. Lee

dominiclee@cuhk.edu.hk

email

Outcome of postnatal depression screening using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

NIL

Yes

2005-07-05

Behaviors and Mental Disorders

Procedure

Postnatal depression screening programme using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS is a 10-item self-report questionnaire used for screening postnatal depression). Clinical intervention is based on the EPDS screening score and nursing assessment.

10 minutes for EPDS screening

Clinical intervention is based on usual nursing assessment practice.

Inclusion criteria: 1) Chinese mothers of newborn babies <= 2 months who are registered with the 4 Maternal and Child Health Centres under study, and 2) who are normally resident in Hong Kong (Hong Kong ID card holder, or HK Birth Certificate [with status of permanent resident indicated established] holder, or people who have been granted unconditional stay in Hong Kong, or passport holders having valid travel document showing the right to land in Hong Kong, or permission to land, or eligibility of HK permanent ID card verified, or entitlement to the right of abode in HK) Exclusion criteria: 1) Those who do not use the Chinese language (in both the written and spoken form); 2) those who are under active psychiatric contact; and 3) those who delivered in hospitals which are still conducting their own EPDS screening programme.

Randomized

Active

Double-blind

Parallel

2005-10-19

460

Not Yet Recruiting

Mother's mental health at 6 months postpartum, as measured on the EPDS and General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), both being self-report questionnaires.

1) Mother's parenting stress (measured by the Parenting Stress Index, a self-report questionnaire); 2) Marital relationship satisfaction (measured by the Chinese Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, a self-report questionnaire); 3) Marital status and employment status (both father and mother, where applicable) at 6 and 18 months postpartum; 4)Child health measures, including weight at 6 and 18 months, number of hospitalizations and visits to doctors within the first 6 and 18 months as reported by mother; and 5) Mother's mental health outcome (EPDS and GHQ scores) at 18 months postpartum.

No

2011-04-01


Yes

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