Education and Training

RCT of Automated Conversational Agent vs. Treatment as Usual for the Management of Perinatal Mood

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of an evidence-based smartphone application (app) for the management of mood compared to treatment as usual alone among 135 women who have been discharged post-delivery from Labor and Delivery at Stanford Children's Health - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Using psychometrically validated surveys for depression, postpartum depression, and anxiety, this study will evaluate whether the smartphone app has a differential effect on the mental health of postpartum women as compared to treatment as usual.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • behavioral: Use of smartphone application (app)
  • other: Treatment as usual

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - Postpartum day 0-7 after delivery

   - Medically stable and cleared for discharge

   - Owns smartphone

   - English-speaking (because all intervention materials are in English)

Exclusion Criteria:

   - Neonatal demise this admission

   - Intrauterine fetal demise this admission

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years - N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Sanaa Suharwardy, MD
650-723-5505
Not Recruiting