Trauma-informed Obstetric Care for Perinatal Health: a Pilot Study

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-45
SponsorColumbia University

About this trial

The study will test trauma-informed obstetric care training and supervision for obstetric clinicians in relation to prenatal mental health and attachment formation (early predictors of child development) in women presenting for prenatal care in a public hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Women who are <19 weeks pregnant

Nulliparous (no previous live births)

18 or more years of age

Carrying a single fetus

Disqualifiers

Any current psychiatric diagnosis or treatment

Medical complications (hypertension, cardiac disease, diabetes, chronic disease, autoimmune disease) before pregnancy

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Trauma Informed Obstetric Care (TIOC)

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Columbia University

Lead sponsor

Hospital Materno Infantil Ramón Sardá

Collaborator