Promoting Healthy Brain Development: Wellness for 2 Study
Promoting Healthy Brain Development Via Prenatal Stress Reduction: an Innovative Precision Medicine Approach
Study Overview
Status
Status
Conditions
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Enrollment
Phase
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
- Northwestern University (Feinberg School of Medicine)
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥ 18 years old;
- enrolled under 22 weeks gestation;
- receiving prenatal care from a Northwestern University prenatal care clinic & planning to deliver at Northwestern Hospitals;
- English-speaking
- Participants must own a smartphone and be must be willing to receive text messages and respond to short online surveys using their smartphone.
- Eligible participants must also agree to wear a wireless adhesive sensor, the BioStamp, daily, throughout the 12-week MB course.
- Eligible participants will also have WiFi internet access for the duration of their participation in the study, in order to complete online questionnaires and upload sensor data.
- Eligible participants must also agree to have their child participate in the neurodevelopmental assessments from birth-12 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women will be ineligible to participate in this study if they have known pregnancy or chronic medical complications that may place their infant at risk for neurological disorders (e.g., HIV; acute cytomegalovirus infection (CMV); toxoplasmosis; zika virus; Phenylketonuria (PKU); chromosomal anomalies; metabolic disorder; substance use disorders) or significant mental health disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis) which could interfere with study adherence.
- Participants unable to wear the BioStamp Sensor due to known skin sensitivity (e.g., allergy to adhesives or silicone), current skin irritation, or broken skin at the placement site will not be eligible to participate.
- Participants with a pacemaker or other sensitive medical device will be excluded.
- Women will not be eligible to participate if unable to provide informed consent, complete MB sessions, or complete study assessments in English.
- Women who are currently participating in an MB course at the time of recruitment will not be eligible to participate.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Number of Arms
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / ArmParticipant Group / Arm |
Intervention / TreatmentIntervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention group
The first MB course session and technology training will take place in-person, prior to 23 weeks gestation.
The Mothers and Babies course (MB) is a 12-session manualized stress-reduction intervention that will be delivered to participants, prenatally, with an integrated technology suite designed for timely detection and response to maternal stress.
Sessions are delivered 1-on-1 with a trained facilitator and are based on principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and attachment theory.
The MB course is divided into 3 sections: 1) Pleasant Activities; 2) Thoughts; 3) Contact with Others.
Throughout each module, mindfulness skills training will be integrated as a strategy to help "center" participants.
All participants will receive a Participant Manual for Families, containing worksheets that correspond to the 12 sessions.
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The Mothers and Babies course (MB) is a 12-session manualized stress-reduction intervention that will be delivered to participants, prenatally, with an integrated technology suite designed for timely detection and response to maternal stress.
Participants will also receive additional MB intervention content in the form of "just-in-time" text messages, which will be sent to participants' smartphones every other day for up to 12 weeks.
During the current trial, participants will receive text message prompts with links to additional stress reduction content based on a combination of their objective (sensor) and subjective (EMA) stress responses from the previous day.
During the intervention period, participants will be asked to wear the BioStamp nPoint sensor, daily, while engaging in their usual activities (e.g., sleep, showering, exercise).
The BioStamp Sensor is a thin, wearable patch, equipped with wireless high-range 6-axis gyroscope + accelerometer, and sEMG and ECG sensors, that adheres to the skin using a disposable medical-grade adhesive sticker (with adhesive similar to Band-Aid).
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Active Comparator: Stress monitoring (control) group
This group will not receive any additional intervention but will engage in stress monitoring via biosensors and EMA text messages through the 14 week period
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During the intervention period, participants will be asked to wear the BioStamp nPoint sensor, daily, while engaging in their usual activities (e.g., sleep, showering, exercise).
The BioStamp Sensor is a thin, wearable patch, equipped with wireless high-range 6-axis gyroscope + accelerometer, and sEMG and ECG sensors, that adheres to the skin using a disposable medical-grade adhesive sticker (with adhesive similar to Band-Aid).
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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PROMIS Depression
Time Frame: Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Mothers complete a 28-item scale that assesses depressive symptoms experienced in the past 7 days.
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Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB DOS)
Time Frame: 12 months, 24 months
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The DB DOS is a standardized observation of infant arousal, soothability, reactivity, and temper loss.
During early infancy, the
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12 months, 24 months
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State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
Time Frame: Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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The STAI is a 40 item self report questionnaire that assesses both state anxiety and trait anxiety.
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Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Time Frame: Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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The PSS is a self-report measure of the degree to which an individual perceives their life situations to be stressful.
The instrument includes 10 items that assess how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded respondents find their lives, and assess current levels of experienced stress.
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Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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MAP-DB
Time Frame: 1 month, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Parent report measure of infant irritability.
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1 month, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)
Time Frame: Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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The FFMQ is a 39-item self report survey that taps into five areas of mindfulness, including observation, description, aware actions, non-judgmental inner experience, and non-reactivity.
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Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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NICU Neonatal Behavioral Scale (NNNS)
Time Frame: 1 month
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The NNNS is an assessment of neurobehavioral organization, neurological reflexes, motor development - active and passive tone, and signs of stress and withdrawal in neonates, developed for use with at-risk or drug-exposed infants but has been normed with typically developing infants.
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1 month
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Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP)
Time Frame: 1 month
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The TIMP is a norm-referenced measure designed to evaluate motor control and organization of posture and movement for functional activities in infants 32 weeks gestational age to four months post-term age and measures both spontaneous behaviors and elicited items.
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1 month
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General Movements Assessment (GMA)
Time Frame: 1 month
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General movements are a developmentally regulated pattern of spontaneous motor activity.
By 10-15 weeks of age, the predominant general movements seen are called Fidgety Movements - a pattern of continuous, small amplitude movements of the neck, trunk and limbs during wakefulness that disappear with agitation.
These patterns are identifiable and are classified as normal if present (intermittent or continual), and abnormal if exaggerated (with respect to speed and amplitude), sporadic (interspersed with long pauses) or absent.
Babies are observed for up to 30 minutes in a supine position to assess for spontaneous movements.
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1 month
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Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS)
Time Frame: 1 month
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The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) is a 10-20 minute norm referenced, standardized, gross motor assessment.
Infants are observed in four positions: prone, sitting, supine, and standing.
For each subscale, items are scored as "observed" or "not observed".
A total raw score and percentile are calculated.
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1 month
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Maternal Heart Rate Variability
Time Frame: Pregnancy (duration 14 weeks)
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variability/physiological stress as indicated by a machine learned model applied to electrocardiogram (ECG) signals.
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Pregnancy (duration 14 weeks)
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Prefrontal cortex thickness
Time Frame: 1 month, 12 months, 24 months
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Cortical thickness and surface area of pre-frontal cortex regions, which have been linked to child irritability and Infant dysregulation, is measured through natural sleep MRI.
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1 month, 12 months, 24 months
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Inflammatory and neuroimmune biomarkers
Time Frame: At birth
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Placenta and cord blood will be collected at birth.
Tests to be performed on these samples include measurement of inflammatory markers related to stress, such as a multiplex immunoassay panel of the following cytokines and chemokines: (IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, C-reactive protein, TNF-alpha, TGF-beta, IL-1beta, procalcitonin, cortisol).
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At birth
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EEG power
Time Frame: 1 month, 12 months, 24 months
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The baby will complete a baseline or resting EEG for 2-5 minutes and then hear an auditory oddball paradigm with speech syllables while resting for ~10 min.
EEG (electroencephalogram) power will be measured as a marker infant neurodevelopment.
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1 month, 12 months, 24 months
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ERP mean amplitude
Time Frame: 1 month, 12 months, 24 months
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The baby will complete a baseline or resting EEG for 2-5 minutes and then hear an auditory oddball paradigm with speech syllables while resting for ~10 min.
ERP (event related potential) mean amplitude will be measured as a marker of infant neurodevelopment.
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1 month, 12 months, 24 months
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Birthweight
Time Frame: Birth
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Infant birthweight will be obtained from EHR data collected at the hospital at birth
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Birth
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Maternal Infant Responsiveness Instrument (MIRI)
Time Frame: 1 month, 7 months, 12 months
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The MIRI is a 22 item questionnaire designed to assess a mother's feelings about her infant, her recognition of her responsiveness to the infant, and her infants responses.
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1 month, 7 months, 12 months
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Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) short form
Time Frame: 1 month, 7 months, 12 months
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The IBQ-R is a parent-report survey designed to measure multiple dimensions of temperament in infants up to age 12 months.
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1 month, 7 months, 12 months
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Bayley Scales of Infant Development
Time Frame: 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development Fourth Edition (Bayley-4) is a five-domain assessment tool used to determine developmental delays in children.
The developmental domains are cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional, and adaptive behavior, and include direct assessment of the child and parent report.
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7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA)
Time Frame: 24 months
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Parent structured interview for diagnosing psychiatric disorders in children ages 2-5.
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24 months
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Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (BITSEA)
Time Frame: 12 months, 24 months
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Parent report measure of behavior problems and social competencies in children ages 1-3 that identifies delays or deficits in areas of social-emotional development.
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12 months, 24 months
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Early Childhood Irritability Related Impairment Interview (E-CRI)
Time Frame: 24 months
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The E-CRI is a semi-structured interview designed to measure early childhood impairment resulting from young children's tantrums and irritability across various contexts.
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24 months
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Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Time Frame: 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Self-report measure of the degree to which an individual perceives their life situations to be stressful.
The instrument includes 10 items that assess how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded respondents find their lives, and assess current levels of experienced stress.
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1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Behavioral Activation Depression Scale (BADS) - short form
Time Frame: prenatal, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Self-report 9-item measure of behaviors that indicate depression and can be targeted for change by cognitive behavioral therapy and behavior activation.
Mothers complete this measure regarding behaviors experienced over the past week.
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prenatal, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Negative Mood Regulation Scale (NMRS)
Time Frame: prenatal, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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This self-report, 30-item scale measures expectancies and beliefs that the mothers have regarding their abilities to alleviate their negative mood, anger, anxiety and depression.
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prenatal, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Parenting Stress Index (PSI) - Role Restriction Subscale
Time Frame: 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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The PSI Role Restriction subscale includes 7 mother-report items regarding her feelings of limited freedom and restriction of her identity to the parenting role.
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3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale (PACOTIS)
Time Frame: 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, and 12 months
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The PACOTIS is a mother report measure of their actions, thoughts, and feelings during interactions with their baby.
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1 month, 3 months, 7 months, and 12 months
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MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MCDI)
Time Frame: 12 months, 24 months
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The MCDI is a parent-report questionnaire about their child's communication and language development.
The Words & Gestures form is used at 12 months and the Words & Sentences form is used at 24 months.
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12 months, 24 months
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Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social Support Survey
Time Frame: Prenatal, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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The MOS Social Support Survey is a 19-item self-report measure of the mother's availability of social support in a variety of domains including emotional support, tangible support, affectionate support, and positive social interaction.
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Prenatal, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Other Outcome Measures
Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Family Life Impairment Scale (FLIS)
Time Frame: 12 months, 24 months
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The FLIS is a parent report survey that assesses the degree to which a child's behavior impacts the family's ability to participate in typical activities.
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12 months, 24 months
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PROMIS Anxiety
Time Frame: Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Mothers complete the PROMIS Anxiety scale, which includes items that assess fear, anxious misery, hyperarousal, and somatic symptoms related to anxiety.
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Prenatal, 1 month, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Family Relationship Index (FRI)
Time Frame: prenatal, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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The FRI is a 12-item survey designed to assess family cohesion, communication and conflict-resolution.
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prenatal, 3 months, 7 months, 12 months, 24 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Sponsor
Collaborators
Collaborators
Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Lauren Wakschlag, PhD, Northwestern University
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Talge NM, Neal C, Glover V; Early Stress, Translational Research and Prevention Science Network: Fetal and Neonatal Experience on Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Antenatal maternal stress and long-term effects on child neurodevelopment: how and why? J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2007 Mar-Apr;48(3-4):245-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01714.x.
- Tandon SD, Perry DF, Mendelson T, Kemp K, Leis JA. Preventing perinatal depression in low-income home visiting clients: a randomized controlled trial. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2011 Oct;79(5):707-12. doi: 10.1037/a0024895.
- Tandon SD, Leis JA, Mendelson T, Perry DF, Kemp K. Six-month outcomes from a randomized controlled trial to prevent perinatal depression in low-income home visiting clients. Matern Child Health J. 2014 May;18(4):873-81. doi: 10.1007/s10995-013-1313-y.
- Mendelson T, Leis JA, Perry DF, Stuart EA, Tandon SD. Impact of a preventive intervention for perinatal depression on mood regulation, social support, and coping. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2013 Jun;16(3):211-8. doi: 10.1007/s00737-013-0332-4. Epub 2013 Mar 2.
- Kinsella MT, Monk C. Impact of maternal stress, depression and anxiety on fetal neurobehavioral development. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Sep;52(3):425-40. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181b52df1.
- O'Connor TG, Heron J, Golding J, Glover V; ALSPAC Study Team. Maternal antenatal anxiety and behavioural/emotional problems in children: a test of a programming hypothesis. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2003 Oct;44(7):1025-36. doi: 10.1111/1469-7610.00187.
- de Bruijn AT, van Bakel HJ, van Baar AL. Sex differences in the relation between prenatal maternal emotional complaints and child outcome. Early Hum Dev. 2009 May;85(5):319-24. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2008.12.009. Epub 2009 Jan 21.
- Grizenko N, Fortier ME, Zadorozny C, Thakur G, Schmitz N, Duval R, Joober R. Maternal Stress during Pregnancy, ADHD Symptomatology in Children and Genotype: Gene-Environment Interaction. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Feb;21(1):9-15.
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- IRB 2019-2515
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