Transdiagnostic Internet Cognitive-behavior Therapy for Mixed Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Postnatal Women

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorUniversité de Sherbrooke

About this trial

This research project aims to examine the acceptability and efficacy of a French-Canadian adaptation of a postnatal anxiety and depression program. The main question it aims to answer is:

\[1\] When the adapted postnatal Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) is added to treatment as usual (TAU) in community-based care for women with anxiety and depressive symptoms, is the iCBT+TAU condition more effective to reduce symptoms than TAU alone?

Participants will:

postnatal iCBT group -\> Answer questionnaires before, after (week 6) and 4 weeks after the intervention (week 10); do the 6-week non-guided iCBT program for anxiety and depressive symptoms during the postnatal period.

Waitlist, TAU group -\> Answer questionnaires at enrolment, at week 6 and week 10. Participants will have access to the intervention after they complete their last questionnaires.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

18 years and older

Being within 12 months postpartum

Fluent in spoken and written French

Self-reported clinical score ≥10 for anxiety and/or depressive symptoms based on the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale 10-item scale (EPDS)

Disqualifiers

Self-reported diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

Current substance abuse or dependence

Current use of benzodiazepines

Beginning psychological therapy (< 4 weeks ago) or medication (< 8 weeks ago) for depression/anxiety

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Postnatal anxiety and depression iCBTprogram

Treatment groups

226 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Université de Sherbrooke

Lead sponsor

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Collaborator

Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke

Collaborator

Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Montérégie-Centre

Collaborator

Centre intégré de santé et services sociaux de la Montérégie-Ouest

Collaborator

Centre intégré de santé et services sociaux de la Montérégie-Est

Collaborator

Champlain Local Health Integration Network

Collaborator