Essential Coaching Postpartum: Evaluating a Parent-focused Postpartum Text Message Program in Nova Scotia

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

332 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-06-30

Study Completion Date

2026-05-31

Brief Summary

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The transition to parenthood is often an exciting yet hard period for parents. In the first year after a new baby, many parents feel less confident, have more anxiety and depression, and feel more isolated and alone. During this time, many parents use their phones and the Internet to seek out information and support. Thus, we are exploring the opportunity of using mHealth, or mobile health, to provide information directly to parents after the birth of their first baby. We have developed a program for both birthing and non-birthing parents called the Essential Coaching Postpartum program. This program provides 332 parents with text messages sent for 6 weeks after birth to share information on newborn care and parent outcomes. This will be tailored based on whether they are the birthing parent (Essential Coaching for Every Mother) or non-birthing parent (Essential Coaching for Every Partner). We will evaluate this program by comparing a group of parents who receive the messages to a group of parents do not receive any text messages. To determine the success of the Essential Coaching Postpartum program, we will compare parents' confidence, anxiety, depression, and co-parenting between the two groups after six-weeks and six-months. We believe that parents who get the text messages will have higher confidence and co-parenting outcomes and lower anxiety and depression. Our goal with the Essential Coaching Postpartum program is to help make the first few weeks after a new baby less stressful by providing information and support directly to parents that they know they can trust.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Parenting Self-efficacy Postpartum Anxiety Postpartum Depression (PPD) Postpartum Stress Mental Health Co-parenting Practices

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Caregivers

Study Groups

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Essential Coaching Postpartum

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Essential Coaching Postpartum

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Essential Coaching Postpartum consists of one-way, standardized text messages sent to parents from birth to 6-weeks postpartum to provide evidence-based information on newborn care and mental health. Messages are sent twice a day for the first three weeks (10am and 5pm) and then once a day for the following three weeks (10am), starting the second day after birth.

Standard care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Essential Coaching Postpartum

Essential Coaching Postpartum consists of one-way, standardized text messages sent to parents from birth to 6-weeks postpartum to provide evidence-based information on newborn care and mental health. Messages are sent twice a day for the first three weeks (10am and 5pm) and then once a day for the following three weeks (10am), starting the second day after birth.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Essential Coaching for Every Mother Essential Coaching for Every Partner

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Eligible birthing parents will (1) early postpartum (\<7 days) with their first child; (2) understand English; (3) have a cell phone with text and data; and (4) live in Nova Scotia. Eligible non-birthing parents will (1) be early postpartum (\<7 days) with their first child; (2) understand English; (3) have a cell phone with text and data; and (4) live in Nova Scotia.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants (both birthing and non-birthing parents) will be excluded if: (1) newborn die or are expected to die prior to leaving the hospital; (2) they have no access to mobile phone, either personal or shared; (3) unwilling to receive SMS messages; (4) decline or withdraw to participate; or (5) participated in a previous iteration of this project (e.g., either the development or evaluation).

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes