Preventing Maternal Depression In Head Start

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

230 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-02-28

Study Completion Date

2016-07-31

Brief Summary

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Maternal depression disproportionately affects low-income and minority women, and has profound negative impacts on their children. The investigators are conducting a randomized trial of a systems approach to identify mothers at risk for depression in Head Start - a federally funded early learning program for children of low-income families - and to provide an on-site intervention to prevent or alleviate depressive symptoms; improve functioning; and, where appropriate, proactively link mothers to more definitive mental health services.

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Detailed Description

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This study is one component of a series of studies that aims to develop a comprehensive system of maternal depression prevention and management within Head Start. In our March 2014 review of the CT.gov protocol, we synchronized it with our institution's IRB protocol, which had been modified based on how the individual studies within this series relate to one another. Specifically, the original IRB protocol combined two studies into one: a 'main' depression prevention trial (n=230, R01MH091871), and a small adjunct pilot aimed at referring those with symptoms of major depression to further care (n=60). Thus, the original CT.gov protocol included subjects both at risk for depression and with symptoms consistent with major depression. When the latter pilot study subsequently received external funding, we separated the two studies into two IRB protocols, and thus have adjusted our CT.gov protocol to the appropriate sample size of 230, and indicated symptoms of major depression as an exclusion criterion for the prevention trial. Because Major Depressive Episode was inadvertently listed as a primary outcome measure for the prevention trial (and PTSD and Anxiety as secondary outcome measures), we have removed them as such and listed it under 'other' outcomes, thereby aligning the CT.gov protocol with the statistical analysis plan of the original grant application and IRB protocol. Lastly, we corrected administrative errors in the study's projected end date and masking design.

Conditions

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Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Problem Solving Education

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Problem Solving Education and Activated Referral to Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention represents an integrated identification and intervention system based on the evidence-based construct of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT). Within the comprehensive case management services of Head Start, eligible women will be randomized to receive either usual care or the Head Start-based intervention. In our intervention, mothers at risk for depression will receive a problem-solving intervention; depression symptom monitoring; and an "Activated" referral to more definitive services for those who have worsening symptoms over time.

Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Problem Solving Education and Activated Referral to Care

The intervention represents an integrated identification and intervention system based on the evidence-based construct of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT). Within the comprehensive case management services of Head Start, eligible women will be randomized to receive either usual care or the Head Start-based intervention. In our intervention, mothers at risk for depression will receive a problem-solving intervention; depression symptom monitoring; and an "Activated" referral to more definitive services for those who have worsening symptoms over time.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Family enrolled in Head Start, and child expected to attend Head Start activities for at least 6 months of the 12-month follow-up period.
* Family without imminent plans to relocate
* Mother is comfortable in English or Spanish.
* Parent/guardian who has a child that attends Head Start
* Child attending Head Start and is between the ages 0-5
* Screen positive to 2-question depression screener (PHQ2), or have a past history of depression
* Ability to provide informed consent.
* Not suicidal