Preventing Perinatal Anxiety: Testing an Internet-delivered Intervention
This study is testing an online program called "Preventing Postpartum Onset Distress" (P-POD) to see if it can help prevent anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in pregnant women. P-POD teaches women how to understand and change their thinking patterns. The study will compare P-POD to another online program called "Anxiety Education" (ANX-ED), which educates women and their partners about anxiety. Researchers want to see if P-POD can reduce anxiety symptoms and improve relationships with partners and infants. You might be able to join if you are pregnant, in your second trimester, in a romantic relationship, and your partner agrees to participate. You also need to have certain scores on anxiety questionnaires. The study aims to enroll 100 participants, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study comparing two different online programs. It plans to enroll 100 participants.
- What's involved
- You would participate in ten interactive online modules, each lasting about 30 minutes. Your anxiety symptoms will be assessed at the start and again at 10 weeks, and relationships will be assessed at 8 weeks postpartum.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your anxiety levels will be measured at 10 weeks, and relationships will be assessed at 8 weeks postpartum.
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Preventing Perinatal Anxiety: Testing an Internet-delivered Intervention
At a glance
Conditions
NCT07071025
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Life Sciences Building
Morgantown, West Virginiastudy coordinator listed
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Michelle Roley Roberts, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · West Virginia University
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What this trial measures
- Change in State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait (STAI-Trait)Change from Baseline to Week 10
Change in STAI-Trait score. This is a 20-item self-report used to assess dispositional levels of anxiety. It is widely used, sensitive to treatment, has strong psychometric properties, and includes items that would be relevant to pregnant women. The STAI-Trait Total Score will be used before and after P-POD to assess change in prenatal trait anxiety. The STAI-Trait total score ranges from 20 to 80. Higher numbers represent more anxiety (worse outcome).
- Change in Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ)Change from Baseline to Week 10
Change in Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ) score. This measure assesses dysfunctional beliefs related to OCD in 44 items on a 7-point Likert-type scale, with items summed; higher scores indicate more dysfunctional beliefs. The OBQ has strong psychometric properties and has demonstrated sensitivity to treatment with pregnant women.