Authors
Crick Lund, Marguerite Schneider, Emily C Garman, Thandi Davies, Memory Munodawafa, Simone Honikman, Arvin Bhana, Judith Bass, Paul Bolton, Michael Dewey, John Joska, Ashraf Kagee, Landon Myer, Inge Petersen, Martin Prince, Dan J Stein, Hanani Tabana, Graham Thornicroft, Mark Tomlinson, Charlotte Hanlon, Atalay Alem, Ezra Susser
Publication date
2020/7/1
Journal
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Volume
130
Pages
103466
Publisher
Pergamon
Description
The study's objective was to determine the effectiveness of a task-sharing psychological treatment for perinatal depression using non-specialist community health workers. A double-blind individual randomised controlled trial was conducted in two antenatal clinics in the peri-urban settlement of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Adult pregnant women who scored 13 or above on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression rating Scale (EPDS) were randomised into the intervention arm (structured six-session psychological treatment) or the control arm (routine antenatal health care and three monthly phone calls). The primary outcome was response on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) at three months postpartum (minimum 40% score reduction from baseline) among participants who did not experience pregnancy or infant loss (modified intention-to-treat population) (registered on Clinical Trials: NCT01977326). Of …
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