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DepressionNCT01280474

Effects of Maternal Depressive Symptomatology on Pregnancy Outcomes and Newborn Development --- How is Paternal Psychopathology Involved?

An observational study of Depression and Pregnancy, run by Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This study aims at investigating the effects of maternal depressive symptomatology on pregnancy outcomes and newborn development. How paternal psychopathology is involved in the association will also be explored. This is a three-year prospective cohort study. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Depression, Pregnancy
How many people
300 participants
Where
1 siteTaiwan
Study dates
Aug 2010to Aug 2013
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 20 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Pregnant women and their spouses

Who may be able to join

  • Women who are pregnant within the gestational week of 14 (the first trimester) and have a prenatal visit at the selected hospitals.
  • Women who expect to carry the baby to term.
  • Women who are willing to provide information on their spouse or partner. And their spouse or partner also expresses the willingness to participate.

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant women who are unable to provide information on their spouse or partner.
  • Pregnant women's spouse or partner is unable to participate in this study.
  • Pregnant women or their spouse or partner have difficulties in appropriately reading and completing a Chinese version questionnaire (e.g., illiteracy, not familiar with Chinese (e.g., foreign spouse), have major psychiatric illness, etc.)
  • Women who are not appropriate to participate based upon doctoral or professional evaluation.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Taiwan1 site
  • Taipei Medical University

    Taipei

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About this study

This study aims at investigating the effects of maternal depressive symptomatology on pregnancy outcomes and newborn development. How paternal psychopathology is involved in the association will also be explored.

This is a three-year prospective cohort study. Three versions of questionnaires (the mother, the father, and the infant) will be developed first. For parents, data on self-reported symptomatology such as depression, anxiety, and stress will be collected, while for infants, maternal report on newborn development will be measured. Then, two medical centers and two regional hospitals will be selected. All pregnant women who undergo a first-trimester prenatal visit, who plan to carry the baby till term, and whose spouse is also willing to participate will be invited to join the study. The investigators expect to recruit a total of 194 pairs of depressive mothers and her spouses and 278 pairs of non-depressive mothers and her spouses in the study.

Read more

After the informed consent is obtained, one baseline assessment (i.e., the first trimester) and four follow-up assessments (i.e., the second trimester, the third trimester, one month postnatal and six months postnatal) will be implemented. Basically, prenatal investigation (for both mothers and fathers) will be carried out at the outpatient prenatal visit. Postnatal investigation (for the mothers, fathers and infants) will be processed at the pediatric outpatient visit when the infants are schedule for an immunization injection. After data are collected, descriptive, analytic and longitudinal data analyses will be performed to investigate the association between parental psychopathology and pregnancy outcomes and newborn development.

This study will explore the effects of the developmental trajectories of parental psychopathology on newborn growth during the critical stage of pregnancy. It is hoped that evidence based data could be obtained, examined, and applied in future prevention-intervention program to promote parental and newborn health, both physically and psychologically.

Keywords
depression during pregnancy, postpartum depression, pregnancy outcomes, newborn development, paternal psychopathology
Medical subject headings
Depression, Depression, Postpartum

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 Jan 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2010
  3. Study completionAug 2013 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
300 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01280474
Sponsor's protocol ID
99071
Status last verified
Jan 2011
First submitted
19 Jan 2011
Last updated
20 Jan 2011
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Depression and Pregnancy, run by Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Jan 2011. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Jan 2011.

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