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    Online Intervention Targeting Postnatal Depression and Anxiety in Chilean First-Time Mothers: Feasibility Trial
    (2023)
    COO CALCAGNI, SOLEDAD  
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    María Ignacia García
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    PÉREZ EWERT, JANET CAROLA  
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    Marcia Olhaberry
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    ALDONEY RAMIREZ, DANIELA  
    <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Objective</jats:title> <jats:p>Internet-based interventions may positively impact maternal symptoms of postnatal depression and anxiety. This study assessed the feasibility, acceptability, perceived usefulness, and preliminary effectiveness of an m-Health version of “What Were We Thinking?” (m-WWWT).</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods</jats:title> <jats:p>A mixed-methods with a 2-arm randomized parallel design was used. From a total of 477 women, 157 met the inclusion criteria. 128 first-time mothers of full-term infants, aged 4–10 weeks, who received health care at primary public health centers in Chile, were randomly assigned to the experimental (EG, n = 65) or control (CG, n = 63) groups; data of 104 of them (53 and 51, respectively) was analyzed. We used percentages and rates to measure feasibility outcomes and mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) and latent class analyses (LCA) to assess preliminary effectiveness. Participants completed questionnaires on mental health, social support, and maternal self-efficacy upon recruitment and 3 months after completing the intervention. For the qualitative component, 12 women from the EG were interviewed.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> <jats:p>Quantitative results show good feasibility outcomes, such as high recruitment (82%), low attrition (EG = 12% and CG = 17%), and high follow-up (EG = 97% and CG = 91%) rates. Qualitative results indicate high acceptability and perceived usefulness of m-WWWT. Mixed ANOVA did not show significant differences between the groups (all p &amp;gt;.05). However, multinomial regression analysis in LCA showed that women with low baseline symptoms of depression and anxiety benefit from the intervention (B = 0.43, 95% confidence interval 1.09–2.16).</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title> <jats:p>m-WWWT is feasible to be implemented in Chile; future studies are needed to assess the intervention’s effectiveness.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
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    Online intervention to prevent postnatal depression and anxiety in Chilean new mothers: Protocol for a feasibility trial
    (2022)
    PÉREZ EWERT, JANET CAROLA  
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    ALDONEY RAMIREZ, DANIELA  
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    Marcia Olhaberry
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    Olga Fernández
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    María I García
    <jats:p> Symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety in new mothers are prevalent and negatively impact maternal emotional wellbeing and infant development. Barriers to accessing treatment prevent women from receiving mental health care, a situation that has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. mHealth interventions hold the potential to support women during the transition to parenthood despite these barriers and to promote the use of preventive interventions. This study uses a mixed methods design to assess the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a psychoeducational, guided mHealth intervention to prevent postpartum mental health difficulties in women who receive care in primary health centers in Chile. The study will contribute to evidence-based research on the effectiveness of mHealth interventions for new mothers from an understudied cultural background. The findings will also enable the development of a larger randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of the intervention, which, if effective, could significantly contribute to the emotional wellbeing of women and their families. </jats:p>
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