Trial reportArchives of women's mental health2011
Problem-solving education to prevent depression among low-income mothers of preterm infants: a randomized controlled pilot trial.
Trial report in Archives of women's mental health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Supportive Nursing Care Intervention for Handling Depression and Anxiety Among Mothers of Neonates Admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): A Meta-Analysis.Nursing open · 2025Pooled it
- Role of psychotherapy on antenatal depression, anxiety, and maternal quality of life: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Preventing postpartum depression: a meta-analytic review.Clinical psychology review · 2013Pooled it
- Psychosocial and psychological interventions for preventing postpartum depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Effect of Immediate Referral vs a Brief Problem-solving Intervention for Screen-Detected Peripartum Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
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- Avoidance as an obstacle to preventing depression among urban women at high risk for violent trauma.Archives of women's mental health · 2016Trial
- Adaptation of problem-solving treatment for prevention of depression among low-income, culturally diverse mothers.Family & community healthTrial
- A Compassion-Focused Approach to Support Parents After Preterm Birth.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Review
- Parent Use and Perceptions of Problem-Solving Education in the Context of Parent-Implemented Intervention for Toddlers With Early Signs of Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Preventive and Treatment Interventions of Parental Psychological Distress in the NICU in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Home visiting for postpartum depression.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Optimizing cognitive and behavioral approaches for perinatal depression: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
- Parent-infant closeness after preterm birth and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Role of midwife-supported psychotherapy on antenatal depression, anxiety and maternal health: A meta-analysis and literature review.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2020Article
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- Internal and External Resources and the Adjustment of Parents of Premature Infants.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of applying problem-solving training on depression in Iranian pregnant women: Randomized clinical trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2019Article
- The Neurobiological Impact of Postpartum Maternal Depression: Prevention and Intervention Approaches.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2016Review
- Preventive strategies to reduce depressive symptoms in overweight and obese young adults.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2015Article
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Abstract
We sought to assess the feasibility and document key study processes of a problem-solving intervention to prevent depression among low-income mothers of preterm infants. A randomized controlled pilot trial (n = 50) of problem-solving education (PSE) was conducted. We assessed intervention provider training and fidelity; recruitment and retention of subjects; intervention acceptability; and investigators' ability to conduct monthly outcome assessments, from which we could obtain empirical estimates of depression symptoms, stress, and functioning over 6 months. Four of four bachelor-level providers were able to deliver PSE appropriately with standardized subjects within 4 weeks of training. Of 12 randomly audited PSE sessions with actual subjects, all met treatment fidelity criteria. Nineteen of 25 PSE subjects (76%) received full four-session courses; no subjects reported negative experiences with PSE. Eighty-eight percent of scheduled follow-up assessments were completed. Forty-four percent of control group mothers experienced an episode of moderately severe depression symptoms over the follow-up period, compared to 24% of PSE mothers. Control mothers experienced an average 1.19 symptomatic episodes over the 6 months of follow-up, compared to 0.52 among PSE mothers. PSE appears feasible and may be a promising strategy to prevent depression among mothers of preterm infants.
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