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Maternal depression treatment in HIV (M-DEPTH): Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Article in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03892915 (Depression Care to Improve Adherence to Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Depression Care to Improve Adherence to Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) Care Continuum & Pregnancy Outcomes
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Antenatal depression and its predictors among HIV positive women in Sub-Saharan Africa; a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Primary-level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of M-DEPTH model of depression care on maternal depression, functioning, and HIV care adherence, and infant developmental over eighteen months post-partum: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Trial
- Trajectories of perinatal depression among women living with HIV in Uganda.Journal of global health · 2024Trial
- Treatment of Perinatal Depression and Correlates of Treatment Response Among Pregnant Women Living with HIV in Uganda.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Trial
- An Intervention to Improve Mental Health and HIV Care Engagement Among Perinatal Women in Malawi: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- Stressors and Maladaptive Coping Mechanisms Associated with Elevated Perinatal Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality Among Women Living with HIV in Uganda.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
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- Long-Term Effect of Group Support Psychotherapy on Depression and HIV Treatment Outcomes: Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial in Uganda.Psychosomatic medicine · 2022Trial
- Qualitative findings on the benefits of depression treatment for pregnant women living with HIV in Uganda.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Depression and associated factors among human immunodeficiency virus-positive pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.AJOG global reports · 2025Review
- Economic evaluation of Maternal Depression Treatment in HIV (M-DEPTH) for perinatal depression among women living with HIV in Uganda: a cost-effectiveness analysis.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Effects of M-DEPTH Model of Depression Care on Maternal Functioning and Infant Developmental Outcomes in the Six Months Post Delivery: Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Women's reproductive health (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- "The peace that I wanted, I got": Qualitative insights from patient experiences of SMART DAPPER interventions for major depression and traumatic stress disorders in Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Mental Health in Women Living With HIV: The Unique and Unmet Needs.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareReview
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18 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionOver one-third of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected pregnant women are clinically depressed, increasing the risk of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, as well as negative birth and child development outcomes. This study will evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of an evidence-based stepped care treatment model for perinatal depression (maternal depression treatment in HIV [M-DEPTH]) to improve adherence to prevention of MTCT care among HIV+ women in Uganda.
methodsEight antenatal care (ANC) clinics in Uganda will be randomized to implement either M-DEPTH (n=4) or usual care (n=4) for perinatal depression among 400 pregnant women (n=50 per clinic) between June 2019 and August 2022. At each site, women who screen positive for potential depression will be enrolled and followed for 18 months post-delivery, assessed in 6-month intervals: baseline, within 1 month of child delivery or pregnancy termination, and months 6, 12, and 18 following delivery. Primary outcomes include adherence to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) care continuum-including maternal antiretroviral therapy and infant antiretrovial prophylaxis, and maternal virologic suppression; while secondary outcomes will include infant HIV status, post-natal maternal and child health outcomes, and depression treatment uptake and response. Repeated-measures multivariable regression analyses will be conducted to compare outcomes between M-DEPTH and usual care, using 2-tailed tests and an alpha cut-off of P <.05. Using a micro-costing approach, the research team will relate costs to outcomes, examining the incremental cost-effectiveness ration (ICER) of M-DEPTH relative to care as usual. DISCUSSION: This cluster randomized controlled trial will be one of the first to compare the effects of an evidence-based depression care model versus usual care on adherence to each step of the PMTCT care continuum. If determined to be efficacious and cost-effective, this study will provide a model for integrating depression care into ANC clinics and promoting adherence to PMTCT.
trial registrationNIH Clinical Trial Registry NCT03892915 (clinicaltrials.gov).
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