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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| 20211291 | Other Grant/Funding Number | Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund |
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| The University of Hong Kong | OTHER |
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This pilot study will recruit 120 perinatal pregnant women and follow them up for 6 months. Both momentary and retrospective assessments of emotional well-being and psychosocial factors will be conducted on a mobile application. We aim to understand the symptom trajectories and provide evidence for effective individualized interventions.
The proposed study addresses the knowledge gaps regarding the validity of mobile-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) for dynamic patterns of mood symptoms and associated factors in women during pregnancy through postnatal period. The investigators hypothesize that the validity of mobile-based EMA is appropriate in women during pregnancy through postnatal period and that participants will exhibit at least two trajectories of depressive symptoms with high and low severity over a six-month period from the third trimester to three months postpartum. This prospective study using single group design will recruit 120 pregnant women for a six-month period. Clinical and self-rating assessments of mood symptoms and lifestyle information will be conducted on a mobile application. There will be a total of six periods EMA assessments and seven retrospective assessments. Six EMA questions for mood, sleep, exercise, physical well-being, and environmental context will be administered three times daily for five consecutive days, and the Edinburgh Postnatal depression Scale will be assessed at baseline and each month during the six-month period. Descriptive and inferential statistics will be used to examine the feasibility and validity of mobile-based EMA. Hierarchical cluster analysis and multiple regression model will be used to identify trajectories of depressive symptoms, and associated factors.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Ecological momentary assessment group |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Ecological momentary assessment and retrospective assessment | Diagnostic Test | The intervention includes daily EMA components, and monthly retrospective assessments. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Ecological Momentary Questions (Mood) | Three momentary questions will be administered to assess participants' mood-two yes/no Whooley questions for depression, one question about anxiety, which questions will be mapped onto a five-point pictorial scale, ranging from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) points. The higher score means worse outcome. | Three momentary assessments per day for five days in each month for 6 months, displayed randomly within each of the following intervals: 0900-1300, 1300-1800 and 1800-0000. |
| Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) | Measures postnatal depression. Each item scores 0-3, and the total score ranges from 0 (min) to 30 (max). Higher score means worse depressive symptoms. | At the baseline and the end of each of the 6 months in the period. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Ecological Momentary Questions (Lifestyle and Physical Wellbeing) | Three momentary questions will be administered to assess participants' sleep, exercise and physical pain/fatigue; they will be either mapped onto a five-point pictorial scale, ranging from 1 (min) to 5 (max) points (sleep) or presented using yes/no questions (exercise and physical pain/fatigue). For sleep, the higher score means better outcome. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
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Females
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Perinatal women
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Jessie LIN, PhD | Contact | +852 2766 6718 | jx-jessie.lin@polyu.edu.hk |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jessie LIN, PhD | Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Recruiting | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
May need to seek approval of the funding body.
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| Three momentary assessments per day for five days in each month for 6 months, displayed randomly within each of the following intervals: 0900-1300, 1300-1800 and 1800-0000. |
| Ecological Momentary Questions (Contextual) | Two contextual questions will be administered to complement the momentary mood questions. They will assess participants' location and the activity in which they are engaged at the time they answer the six momentary questions. | Three momentary assessments per day for five days in each month for 6 months, displayed randomly within each of the following intervals: 0900-1300, 1300-1800 and 1800-0000. |
| Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) | Measures stress symptoms. Each item scores 0-3, the total score for stress ranges from 0 (min) to 21 (max). Higher score means worse symptoms of stress. | At the baseline and the end of each of the 6 months in the period |
| Post-study acceptance survey | A questionniare at the end of the six-month study period to assess the acceptability of the app to participants in the context of their prenatal and postnatal care and to collect feedback about their experience with the app. | The survey will be conducted via online when the participants complete 6-month study. |
| ID | Term |
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| D019052 | Depression, Postpartum |
| ID | Term |
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| D011644 | Puerperal Disorders |
| D011248 | Pregnancy Complications |
| D005261 | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D003866 | Depressive Disorder |
| D019964 | Mood Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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