Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an App-Based Program for Mothers of Toddlers.
Anna L MacKinnon, Kaeley M Simpson, Marlee R Salisbury...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35815022Actively Recruiting
Phase Not Applicable
Age: 18Years - 65Years
All Genders
ID06046989
BEAM: Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health in Parenting An App-based Intervention to Improve Parental Mental Health and Support Children's Brain Development
Led by University of Calgary · Updated on 2024-03-27
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Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
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Total Duration
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Sponsors
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University of Calgary
Lead Sponsor
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Alberta Children's Hospital
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Postpartum mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and anger are common among parents with children aged 0 to 5 years and often occur together. Untreated, these issues can have lasting effects on both the parent and child, including behavior problems and changes in brain development. This study evaluates the Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health in Parenting (BEAM) app-based intervention, designed to support parental mental health and improve child outcomes through a 12-week program. The BEAM program includes weekly mental health and parenting videos, exercises for practicing new skills, weekly check-ins with peer coaches, and access to a secure forum for social support. Optional monthly Zoom drop-in sessions offer real-time connection with other parents. The intervention is compared to a treatment-as-usual group to assess its effects on parent mental health, parenting stress, child behavior, and child brain structure and function. Participants will be assessed before, immediately after, and six months following the intervention. Evaluations include mental health symptoms, parenting stress, parenting practices, relationship satisfaction, household environment, child behavior, and child mental health and development. Child brain structure and function will be examined by MRI scans six months post-intervention. Weekly wellness surveys will monitor participant progress throughout the study, which lasts approximately six months after intervention completion.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health in Parenting (BEAM)
Who Can Participate
Age: 18Years - 65Years
All Genders
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Parent is 18 years of age or older
- Must have a child who is 3-4 years old
- Must show clinically elevated symptoms of depression, anxiety, and/or anger
- Living in the Vancouver or Calgary area
- Parent is comfortable understanding, speaking, and reading English
You will not qualify if you...
- Parent is under the age of 18
- Does not show clinically elevated symptoms of depression, anxiety, and/or anger
- History of attempted suicide or self-harm in the past 6 months
- Does not live in the Vancouver or Calgary area
- Child has serious genetic, neurological, or neurodevelopmental disorders that impact cognitive function or brain structure/function, or contraindications to MRI scanning (e.g., metal implants)
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Your Study Journey
Screening
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 visit (in-person or remote)
Treatment
Duration - 12 weeks
Participants engage in the BEAM Program, a 12-week app-based intervention that includes weekly videos on mental health and parenting, weekly check-ins with peer coaches, access to a secure support forum, and optional monthly group sessions.
Weekly check-ins and optional monthly group sessions via Zoom
Follow-up
Duration - 6 months
Participants complete assessments immediately post-intervention and 6 months post-intervention to measure changes in parent mental health, parenting stress, child behaviour and development, and child brain structure and function.
Assessments at post-intervention and 6 months post-intervention including MRI scans at 6 months
Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
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University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Actively Recruiting
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University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4
Not Yet Recruiting
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Research Team
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Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen, PhD
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Catherine Lebel, PhD
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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Published Research Related To This Trial
Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a phase III randomized controlled trial of the BEAM app-based program for mothers of children 18-36 months.
E Bailin Xie, Kaeley M Simpson, Kristin A Reynolds...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36064436