Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 21Years - 65Years
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
NCT06363019

Supporting At-Risk Mothers Across Perinatal Period

Led by National University of Singapore · Updated on 2024-04-12

200

Participants Needed

2

Research Sites

123 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

N

National University of Singapore

Lead Sponsor

M

Ministry of Health, Singapore

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

The SMART app is a mobile application based psychosocial parenting intervention containing educational materials (articles, videos, audios, podcasts) on parenting, an integrated peer support chat function with experienced mothers and an integrated forum for interaction with other mother participants. The goal of this interventional study is to test the effectiveness of a mobile-app health based intervention, SMART, mothers in the perinatal period. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1. What is the effect of a mobile-based health intervention, SMART, on maternal outcomes? 2. What is the effect of a mobile-based health intervention, SMART, on infant outcomes? 3. What is the cost-effectiveness of using SMART as compared to standard routine care? Researchers will compare results with a control group that will undergo standard routine care.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Supporting At-Risk Mothers Across Perinatal Period

Who Can Participate

Age: 21Years - 65Years
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Mothers aged 21 to 65 years
  • Able to read and speak English
  • Belong to a vulnerable population by meeting one or more of the following: monthly household income of SGD 2500 or less and/or receiving low-income support services; positive maternal Adverse Childhood Events (ACES) evaluation; single mother; clinically referred for psychosocial support; pregnancy or baby diagnosed with congenital malformation/abnormality less than 1 year old and discharged home; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scores (EPDS) of 9 or above
  • Have a smartphone with internet access
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Mothers with chronic physical or mental disorders that interfere with study participation
  • Mothers who gave birth to a baby requiring prolonged hospitalization, NICU support, or stillborn
  • Mothers with cognitive impairment

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 2 locations

1

Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore

Singapore, Singapore, 117597

Actively Recruiting

2

National University of Singapore

Singapore, Singapore, 117597

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

S

Shefaly Shorey, PhD

CONTACT

L

Lubna Shah, MA

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Number of Arms

2

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