Effect of 'Parentbot - a Digital Healthcare Assistant (PDA)' in Improving Parenting Outcomes During the Perinatal Period

NCT05463926 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NHG DSRB 2021/00227
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 236
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Parentbot - a Digital healthcare Assistant (PDA) is a mobile application-based psychosocial parenting intervention with integrated chatbot features, intended for couples to use during the perinatal period. It provides parents with multimedia educational materials (text files, audio files and videos), discussion forum, guided mindfulness-based meditation videos, guided reflection and gratitude journals and a chatbot to answer their queries related to perinatal care in real-time. This study aims to:

1. 1.Develop a theory-based perinatal intervention with integrated chatbot features for both first-time and experienced parents
2. 2.Examine the effectiveness of the PDA intervention in improving parenting self-efficacy (primary outcome), stress, depression, anxiety, social support, parent-child bonding and parenting satisfaction (secondary outcomes) among parents during the perinatal period
3. 3.Examine the perceptions of parents from both the intervention and control group after the intervention
4. 4.Collate suggestions for further improvement from the participants and members of the research team

Conditions

Perinatal Depression; Parents; Self Efficacy; Anxiety; Stress; Parenting Satisfaction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Parenting self-efficacy

  10-item Parenting Efficacy Scale (PES): Score ranges from 10-40, with higher scores indicating a higher level of perceived parenting self-efficacy

  1 month postpartum

• Parenting self-efficacy

  10-item Parenting Efficacy Scale (PES): Score ranges from 10-40, with higher scores indicating a higher level of perceived parenting self-efficacy

  3 months postpartum

Secondary Outcomes (12)

• Stress

  1 month postpartum

• Stress

  3 months postpartum

• Depression

  1 month postpartum

• Depression

  3 months postpartum

• Anxiety

  1 month postpartum

Study Arms (2)

Standard hospital care with follow-up + PDA mobile application

EXPERIMENTAL

Receive standard hospital care and follow-up, and access to the Parentbot - a Digital healthcare Assistant (PDA) mobile application from pregnancy until one-month postpartum

Behavioral: PDA mobile application

Standard hospital care with follow-up

NO INTERVENTION

Receive standard hospital care with follow-up

Interventions

PDA mobile application BEHAVIORAL

Parentbot - a Digital healthcare Assistant (PDA): A mobile application-based psychosocial parenting intervention with integrated chatbot features. It consists of multimedia educational materials (text files, audio files and videos), discussion forums, guided mindfulness-based meditation videos, guided reflection and gratitude journals and a chatbot.

Standard hospital care with follow-up + PDA mobile application

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Heterosexual married couples who are first-time parents or experienced parents are included if they:
• Are at least 21 years old
• Are fluent in English
• Own a smartphone with internet access
• Intend to stay in Singapore until three months postpartum
• Are having a low-risk singleton or multiple pregnancy at \> 24 gestational weeks (age of viability).

You may not qualify if:

• Couples will be excluded if either parent has:
• Any self-reported psychiatric disorders, visual, auditory, cognitive impairment and/or any major medical condition that can affect their abilities to participate in the trial
• High-risk pregnancy including placenta previa major, pre-eclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction etc
• Suffer from a miscarriage or made the decision to abort their child
• Give birth to still-birth newborn
• Give birth to a newborn with congenital anomalies or medical complications (require intensive care, severe jaundice, Down's syndrome)
• Single parents will also be excluded. If either the mother or father declines to participate in the study while their partner agrees, the couple will not be allowed to participate in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National University of Singapore: lead

Study Sites (1)

Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore

Singapore, 117597, Singapore

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Chua JYX, Choolani M, Chee CYI, Yi H, Chan YH, Lalor JG, Chong YS, Shorey S. The effectiveness of Parentbot - a digital healthcare assistant - on parenting outcomes: A randomized controlled trial. Int J Nurs Stud. 2024 Dec;160:104906. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104906. Epub 2024 Sep 13.

  PMID: 39305680 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Shefaly Shorey, PhD

  National University of Singapore

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: Two-group parallel-armed randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a pretest and repeated posttest experimental design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 14, 2022
• First Posted: July 19, 2022
• Study Start: November 15, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2023
• Study Completion: August 31, 2023
• Last Updated: February 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SG (1)