NCT01383551|Completed
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Sponsor study identifier
interventional
290
1 country
1
Study Start
June 2011
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
October 2013
Actual (reported)Study Completion
October 2013
Actual (reported)The proposed of this study is to determine if an intervention, known as the "Becoming Parents" programme, is more effective in improving the mental health, marital relationship and parental competence of expectant couples in a Chinese community.
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October 2013
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May 30, 2011
Actual (reported)June 2011
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
June 28, 2011
Actual (reported)October 2013
Actual (reported)October 2013
Actual (reported)Change from Baseline in Depressive Symptoms at 3 months postpartum
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is used to measure women's distressed mood or dysphoria at baseline and also at 3 months postpartum
Baseline and 3 months postpartum
Change from Baseline in Parental Competence at 3 months postpartum
Baseline and 3 months postpartum
Change from Baseline in Marital Satisfaction at 3 months postpartum
Baseline and 3 months postpartum
A "Becoming Parents" Programme consists of: (i) 3 antenatal workshops conducted over a period of 10-14 weeks in prenatal period; and (ii) support provided by trained volunteers for up to 3 months post-delivery; in addition to the usual prenatal education.
Attend usual prenatal classes which will be provided by the midwives in the hospital.
A "Becoming Parents" programme consists of: (i) 3 antenatal workshops conducted over a period of 10-14 weeks in prenatal period; and (ii) support provided by trained volunteers for up to 3 months post-delivery; in addition to the usual prenatal education.
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Princess Margaret Hospital
New Territories, Hong Kong
Aston ML. Learning to be a normal mother: empowerment and pedagogy in postpartum classes. Public Health Nurs. 2002 Jul-Aug;19(4):284-93. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19408.x.
Doherty WJ, Erickson MF, LaRossa R. An intervention to increase father involvement and skills with infants during the transition to parenthood. J Fam Psychol. 2006 Sep;20(3):438-47. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.3.438.
Walther VN. Postpartum depression: a review for perinatal social workers. Soc Work Health Care. 1997;24(3-4):99-111. doi: 10.1300/J010v24n03_08.
Agnes Tiwari, PhD
The University of Hong Kong
First Submitted
May 30, 2011
First Posted
June 28, 2011
Study Start
June 2011
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
October 2013
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Draper J. Men's passage to fatherhood: an analysis of the contemporary relevance of transition theory. Nurs Inq. 2003 Mar;10(1):66-77. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2003.00157.x.
Belsky, J., & Pensky, E. (1998). Marital change across the transition to parenthood. Marriage and Family Review, 12, (3-4), 133-156.
Krishnakmuar, A., & Buehler, C. (2000). Inter-parental conflict and parenting behaviours: A meta-analytic review. Family Relations, 49, 25-44.
Cowan, C., & Cowan P. (1995). Interventions to ease the transition to parenthood: Why they are needed and what they can do. Family Relations, 44, 412-414.
Markman, H., & Hahlweg, K. (1993). The prediction and prevention of marital distress: an international perspective. Clinical Psychology Review, 13, 29-43.
Minsky, R., Garfinkel, I., & Neprmnyaschy, L. (2005). In-hospital paternity establishment and father involvement in fragile families. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67(3), 611-626.
Gottman, J.M., Shapiro, A.F. Parthemer, J. (2004). Bringing Baby Home: A workshop for new and expectant parents. International Journal of Childbirth Education, 19(3), 28-30.
Early, R. (2001). Men as consumers of maternity services: a contradiction in terms. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 25, 160-167.
Tiwari, A. Leung, W.C., Yuen, K.H., & Wong, J. (2010). Positive fathering: A programme to enhance the mental health and marital relationship of expectant couples. A progress report for a HCPF-funded project submitted to Research Fund Secretariat, Health Care and Promotion Fund Committee on June 29, 2010.
Study Completion
October 2013
Actual (reported)Last Updated
December 16, 2013
Record last verified: 2013-12
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