Trial reportJournal of affective disorders2022
Randomized controlled trial of Sunnyside: Individual versus group-based online interventions to prevent postpartum depression.
Trial report in Journal of affective disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of prenatal online interventions on postpartum depressive symptoms and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Pooled it
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- Skill Enactment and Knowledge Acquisition in Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Enhancing Engagement, Practice Integration, and Skill Learning in Mobile Technology-Delivered Interventions Using Human Support: Randomized Controlled Trial With Depressed College Students.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Evaluating a Mobile Digital Therapeutic for Vasomotor and Behavioral Health Symptoms Among Women in Midlife: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of psychological interventions for reducing depressive symptoms among women experiencing perinatal depression: a systematic review.AJOG global reports · 2026Review
- Application of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for negative emotions in pregnant women: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
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- Application of the Supportive Accountability Model in Digital Health Interventions: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Web-Based Intervention (SunnysideFlex) to Promote Resilience to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms During Pregnancy: Development and Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- PandaMom - Feasibility and acceptability of an internet- and mobile-based intervention to enhance peripartum mental well-being and to prevent postpartum depression.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- The Efficacy of Be a Mom, a Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Postpartum Depression: Examining Mechanisms of Change in a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPostpartum depression (PPD) is a serious mental health problem that has a prevalence rate of nearly 20% in the first three months after delivery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefit of Sunnyside, an internet-based cognitive-behavioral intervention, delivered in a group format compared to the same intervention delivered individually for the prevention of PPD.
method210 people between 20- and 28-weeks gestation and who scored between 5 and 14 on the PHQ-8 and who did not meet criteria for major depression were recruited online. The Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS), the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD), and the depression and anxiety modules of the MINI were obtained at baseline, post-treatment, and 12-weeks postpartum. Intervention adherence was measured by site usage.
resultsAcross self-report and interview measures of depression there were no significant differences in outcome between the group and the individual versions of the program. Rates of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder in the postpartum period were low and adherence to the conditions was similarly high. Participants in the individual condition were significantly more satisfied than participants in the group condition (p < 0.05). LIMITATIONS: The sample was predominantly white (85%) and recruited online, which may limit generalizability.
conclusionsThe group intervention was not more effective than the individual intervention. However, ignoring groups, many measures improved over time. The results of this study provide evidence that mood symptoms improve when participating in an online preventive intervention for postpartum depression.
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