"Mamá, te Entiendo" App-based Intervention for Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Postpartum Women

Launched by PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE · Dec 1, 2022

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Background

Chile has a high prevalence of postpartum depression and a significant treatment gap. Some barriers to postpartum depression care uncover the need for more easily accessible and lower-cost interventions. Chile's high utilization of digital technologies across all social strata and the increased use of pregnancy and parenting apps open the possibility of delivering interventions through mobile devices. Cognitive-behavioral internet-based interventions have proven to be effective in reducing symptoms of depression in high-income countries. However, in Chile, this is an underdevelo...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Women will be included if they:
• • have a \< 6-month-old baby,
• • have a PHQ-9 (Kroenke et al., 2001; Diez-Quevedo et al., 2001) score ≥ 5 points,
• • have minor or major depression according to the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI: Sheehan et al., 1999; Ferrando et al., 2000),
• • are at least 18 years old,
• • are Chilean residents,
• • are fluent in written and spoken Spanish,
• • self-report ownership of a smartphone, and
• • self-report regular access to the internet.
• • Minor depression will be defined as the presence of two to four concurrent symptoms of depressive disorder (one of which is depressed mood or anhedonia) present most or all the time for at least two weeks, with symptoms causing dysfunction and negative impact on the individual's life (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Major depression will be defined as the presence of five or more concurrent symptoms of depressive disorder (one of which is depressed mood or anhedonia) present most or all the time for at least two weeks, with symptoms causing dysfunction and a negative impact on the individual's life (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Participants exclusion criteria will be the following: illiteracy, risk of suicide, alcohol or substance abuse, bipolar disorder, and psychotic disorder.