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- Clinical Trial NCT02474862
Healthy Expectations - A Program for Pregnant Women Experiencing Depressive Symptoms (HE)
RCT of a Tailored Walking Program to Reduce Stress Among Pregnant Women
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Depressive symptoms are prevalent among pregnant women, and they are consistently linked with adverse outcomes for both women and infants, including higher rates of spontaneous abortion, preeclampsia, operative delivery, and postpartum depression. Additional risks to offspring include pre-term delivery, neonatal growth retardation, low birth weight, and delayed developmental milestones. In spite of these risks, the vast majority of affected women do not pursue any type of mental health treatment. Many women are reluctant to use antidepressants - or anything that could potentially harm the baby - prenatally. Because pregnant women have unique concerns regarding treatment acceptability, a critical need exists to develop interventions that are not only efficacious in reducing depressive symptoms, but are also viewed as acceptable by pregnant women.
Increased physical activity has numerous advantages as a strategy for improving mood during pregnancy, and prior research has shown that physical activity interventions can be effective in treating depressive symptoms in the general population. Physical activity interventions are also inexpensive, safe, and associated with a variety of positive health outcomes.
In spite of its potential as an acceptable and efficacious strategy for improving prenatal mood, few studies have evaluated physical activity as an intervention for pregnant women with depressive symptoms. Existing exercise programs that have been tested for reducing depressive symptoms in the general population are not likely to be appropriate or feasible for pregnant women. In light of this important gap, the investigators interdisciplinary team developed a gentle, 10-week, pedometer walking intervention tailored for pregnant women, the Prenatal Walking Program (PWP) and preliminarily evaluated PWP in an open trial, finding the intervention to be safe, feasible, and acceptable.
The current RCT will now evaluate PWP in comparison to a health education control comparison group tailored for perinatal women, called the Postpartum Prep Program (PPP). In addition to assessing changes in depressive symptoms, the investigators will examine other key maternal outcomes (maternal functioning, pain, anxiety, stress, fatigue), as well as infant outcomes including birth record data and in-person assessment of infant neurobiological functioning. Further, the investigators will examine evidence for potential behavioral, psychological, and biological mechanisms of action that mediate a possible treatment effect. Up to 152 pregnant women reporting elevated depressive symptoms during the current pregnancy will be enrolled and randomized into one of two groups, PWP or PPP, and will participate in blinded follow-up evaluations at multiple time-points throughout pregnancy and postpartum.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Rhode Island
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02906
- Butler Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- women aged 18 or over
- 12-27 weeks gestation with a healthy singleton pregnancy
- English-speaking
- cleared by prenatal provider for moderate intensity exercise
- experiencing moderate depressive symptom elevations at time of enrollment (QIDS-C; 8-20); (6) physically inactive or low-active at time of enrollment (mean < 90 minutes/week of moderate intensity exercise, over the last 3 months).
Exclusion Criteria:
- recently started pharmacologic or psychosocial treatment for depressive symptoms within the past 4 weeks, or recently changed dose or treatment regimen in the past 4 weeks
- current/recent acute suicidal symptoms
- current substance use disorder
- psychotic symptoms or cognitive impairment
- current eating disorder
current or lifetime bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorder.
- Finally, while the following will not exclude participants from enrollment in the study, women meeting these two criteria will be excluded from participating in the blood draw component examining inflammatory markers:
- current significant physical or neurological illness, ie., acute or chronic infectious, inflammatory or immune disorders
- regular use of aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Prenatal Walking Program
The Prenatal Walking Program (PWP) is a gentle walking intervention tailored for pregnant women.
The PWP intervention consists of 3 components: 1) biweekly session with a study interventionist; 2) the use of activity monitors to increase motivation and self-monitoring; 3) incentives to promote intervention adherence.
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PWP is a gentle walking intervention tailored for pregnant women.
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Active Comparator: Postpartum Prep Program
In the Postpartum Prep Program control condition (PPP) participants will attend individually education sessions matched in number and duration to the sessions in PWP.
PPP involves providing health information particularly relevant to expectant mothers, including both maternal and newborn wellbeing.
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PPP participants will attend individually education sessions matched in number and duration to the sessions in PWP.
PPP involves providing health information particularly relevant to expectant mothers, including both maternal and newborn well being.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Depression symptom severity
Time Frame: Change from baseline in depression severity at week 10
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The Quick Inventory of Depression Symptoms (QIDS) is the primary outcome measure and will be used to assess depression symptom severity.
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Change from baseline in depression severity at week 10
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Physical activity level
Time Frame: Change from baseline in physical activity level at week 10
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Objective measurement using accelerometry and self-report
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Change from baseline in physical activity level at week 10
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Anxiety
Time Frame: Change from baseline in anxiety level at week 10
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State Anxiety Scale
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Change from baseline in anxiety level at week 10
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Perceived stress
Time Frame: Change from baseline in perceived stress at week 10
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Perceived Stress Scale -10
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Change from baseline in perceived stress at week 10
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Health status - Inflammatory Biomarker 1
Time Frame: Change from baseline in health status at week 10
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plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6)
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Change from baseline in health status at week 10
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Health status - Inflammatory Biomarker 2
Time Frame: Change from baseline in health status at week 10
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plasma IL-1 beta (IL-1β)
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Change from baseline in health status at week 10
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Health status - Inflammatory Biomarker 3
Time Frame: (CRP).Change from baseline in health status at week 10
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plasma tumor necrosis factor - alpha (TNF- α)
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(CRP).Change from baseline in health status at week 10
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Health status - Inflammatory Biomarker 4
Time Frame: Change from baseline in health status at week 10
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serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP).
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Change from baseline in health status at week 10
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Physical functioning
Time Frame: Change from baseline in physical functioing at week 10
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Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)- Short Form v1.0 - Phys.
Function 10a
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Change from baseline in physical functioing at week 10
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Physical Pain
Time Frame: Change from baseline in pain at week 10
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Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)- Pain Short Form v1.0
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Change from baseline in pain at week 10
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Fatigue
Time Frame: Change from baseline in fatigue at week 10
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Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)- Short Form v1.0 - Fatigue 8a Participant Version
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Change from baseline in fatigue at week 10
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Pregnancy discomfort
Time Frame: Change from baseline in pregnancy at week 10
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Maternal Physical Discomfort Scale
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Change from baseline in pregnancy at week 10
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Quality of life and satisfaction
Time Frame: Change from baseline in quality of life at week 10
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Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire - Short Form
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Change from baseline in quality of life at week 10
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Attachment to fetus/infant
Time Frame: Change from baseline in attachment to the fetus at week 10
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Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale
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Change from baseline in attachment to the fetus at week 10
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Infant Outcome
Time Frame: 30-days postpartum
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This outcome will be based on a composite of measures relating to labor & delivery outcomes (e.g.
gestational age) and infant neurobehavioral functioning (i.e., the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale; NNNS).
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30-days postpartum
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Cynthia Battle, PhD, Butler Hospitl/Brown Unversity
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Study Record Updates
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- R01NR014540-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
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