Mindfulness to Reduce Post-cesarean Pain and Prevent Postpartum Depression (MaMiDaPP)

May 27, 2022 updated by: Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Optimizing Mindfulness to Reduce Post-cesarean Pain and Prevent Postpartum Depression

This study will test the effect of a mobile mindfulness-based intervention on reducing post-cesarean delivery pain and preventing postpartum depression.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This clinical trial will test the effect of a mobile mindfulness-based intervention on reducing post-cesarean delivery pain and preventing postpartum depression.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

75

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 45 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18-45 years of age, have a singleton pregnancy, score less than 10 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; (Cox et al., 1987b), willing to participate in the eight-week intervention or be randomized to the TAUM condition, have no significant psychiatric disorders other than depression or anxiety (e.g., bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, etc.), have no chronic pain condition (e.g., fibromyalgia), and proficient in English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women who screen 10 or higher on the EPDS

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Mindfulness
Receiving mobile, self-guided mindfulness intervention
Meditation training to help reduce stress and reactivity to pain and other stressors.
Other Names:
  • Mindfulness meditation
No Intervention: Treatment as usual with monitoring
Receiving treatment as usual with monitoring by study PI and investigators.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Postpartum depression
Time Frame: 4 weeks - 6 months
depressive symptoms EPDS 13 or higher
4 weeks - 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Post-operative pain
Time Frame: 4 weeks - 6 months
Post-cesarean delivery pain
4 weeks - 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

July 1, 2023

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

March 31, 2026

Study Completion (Anticipated)

March 31, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 27, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 27, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

June 1, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 1, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 27, 2022

Last Verified

May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

IPD Plan Description

To be determined

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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