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Feasibility of online mindfulness-based interventions for families affected with postpartum depression and anxiety: study protocol
INTRODUCTION: Postpartum depression and anxiety (PPDA) is experienced by up to 20% of families in the first year. The condition impacts not only parents but also their developing child. While mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) have shown to be beneficial for this population, many parents do not h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9454041/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36691183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051935 |
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author | Tabi, Katarina Bhullar, Manreet Fantu, Lenssa Shulman, Barbara Dueck, Royce Hippman, Catriona Ryan, Deirdre Stewart, S Evelyn |
author_facet | Tabi, Katarina Bhullar, Manreet Fantu, Lenssa Shulman, Barbara Dueck, Royce Hippman, Catriona Ryan, Deirdre Stewart, S Evelyn |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Postpartum depression and anxiety (PPDA) is experienced by up to 20% of families in the first year. The condition impacts not only parents but also their developing child. While mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) have shown to be beneficial for this population, many parents do not have access to treatment or find it challenging to commit or complete the treatment. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened some of the challenges that parents face. The ability to find time for needed self-care and health interventions is also affected by limited childcare support. The opportunity to attend a group online may significantly improve the accessibility to group MBI but may also bring challenges. This study aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of online MBI groups for parents in families affected with PPDA. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: In this feasibility study, participants will include mothers diagnosed with PPDA and their partners. Two online MBI groups will run simultaneously for 8 weeks: one for mothers with PPDA and another one for their partners. The primary outcome will be feasibility of conducting the online groups, assessed from the facilitators’ perspective, participants’ perspective and attrition throughout the study. The participants’ perspectives on feasibility will be assessed by questions including how difficult it was for them to make it to the sessions, specific obstacles encountered and their scheduling preferences. The facilitators’ perspective will be assessed by frequency of technical difficulties encountered, of disruptions in the online sessions and of episodes where parents leave the screen (eg, to calm their child). Secondary outcomes will include mental health, couple relationship, satisfaction and acceptability which will also be evaluated through participant questionnaires. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study has received ethics approval from the University of British Columbia Children’s and Women’s Research Ethics Board. Study results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04617132. |
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spelling | pubmed-94540412022-09-14 Feasibility of online mindfulness-based interventions for families affected with postpartum depression and anxiety: study protocol Tabi, Katarina Bhullar, Manreet Fantu, Lenssa Shulman, Barbara Dueck, Royce Hippman, Catriona Ryan, Deirdre Stewart, S Evelyn BMJ Open Mental Health INTRODUCTION: Postpartum depression and anxiety (PPDA) is experienced by up to 20% of families in the first year. The condition impacts not only parents but also their developing child. While mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) have shown to be beneficial for this population, many parents do not have access to treatment or find it challenging to commit or complete the treatment. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened some of the challenges that parents face. The ability to find time for needed self-care and health interventions is also affected by limited childcare support. The opportunity to attend a group online may significantly improve the accessibility to group MBI but may also bring challenges. This study aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of online MBI groups for parents in families affected with PPDA. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: In this feasibility study, participants will include mothers diagnosed with PPDA and their partners. Two online MBI groups will run simultaneously for 8 weeks: one for mothers with PPDA and another one for their partners. The primary outcome will be feasibility of conducting the online groups, assessed from the facilitators’ perspective, participants’ perspective and attrition throughout the study. The participants’ perspectives on feasibility will be assessed by questions including how difficult it was for them to make it to the sessions, specific obstacles encountered and their scheduling preferences. The facilitators’ perspective will be assessed by frequency of technical difficulties encountered, of disruptions in the online sessions and of episodes where parents leave the screen (eg, to calm their child). Secondary outcomes will include mental health, couple relationship, satisfaction and acceptability which will also be evaluated through participant questionnaires. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study has received ethics approval from the University of British Columbia Children’s and Women’s Research Ethics Board. Study results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04617132. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9454041/ /pubmed/36691183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051935 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Mental Health Tabi, Katarina Bhullar, Manreet Fantu, Lenssa Shulman, Barbara Dueck, Royce Hippman, Catriona Ryan, Deirdre Stewart, S Evelyn Feasibility of online mindfulness-based interventions for families affected with postpartum depression and anxiety: study protocol |
title | Feasibility of online mindfulness-based interventions for families affected with postpartum depression and anxiety: study protocol |
title_full | Feasibility of online mindfulness-based interventions for families affected with postpartum depression and anxiety: study protocol |
title_fullStr | Feasibility of online mindfulness-based interventions for families affected with postpartum depression and anxiety: study protocol |
title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility of online mindfulness-based interventions for families affected with postpartum depression and anxiety: study protocol |
title_short | Feasibility of online mindfulness-based interventions for families affected with postpartum depression and anxiety: study protocol |
title_sort | feasibility of online mindfulness-based interventions for families affected with postpartum depression and anxiety: study protocol |
topic | Mental Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9454041/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36691183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051935 |
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