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title: Antenatal Depression Help-seeking Trial in Eswatini
nct_id: NCT06390735
overall_status: UNKNOWN
phase: NA
sponsor: Taipei Medical University
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: Help-Seeking Behavior
countries: Eswatini
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clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06390735"
ct_last_update_post_date: 2024-04-30
last_seen_at: "2026-05-12T06:00:24.785Z"
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# Antenatal Depression Help-seeking Trial in Eswatini

**Official Title:** Effectiveness of a Web-based Psychoeducation on Antenatal Depression Help-seeking in Eswatini

**NCT ID:** [NCT06390735](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06390735)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 214
- **Lead Sponsor:** Taipei Medical University
- **Conditions:** Help-Seeking Behavior, Help-seeking Intention, Antenatal Depression
- **Start Date:** 2024-03-25
- **Completion Date:** 2024-07
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2024-04-30

## Brief Summary

The goal of this trial to test if a web-based psychoeducation will work in improving depression help-seeking intention and behavior among antenatal women with probable depression in Eswatini. The main question it aims to answer is:

• Does the web-based psychoeducation improve depression help-seeking intention and help-seeking behavior in antenatal women with probable depressive symptoms?

Researchers will compare this web-based psychoeducation to a waitlist control, to see if the program works in improving depression help-seeking intention and behavior during pregnancy.

* The psychoeducation program will have a total of 4 sessions, which will be given to participants over a two-week period. two sessions will be delivered each week.
* Participants will be asked questions before the intervention starts, immediately the intervention ends as well as after a month of completing the intervention.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Sex:** FEMALE
- **Healthy Volunteers:** No

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Less than 30 weeks of gestation,
* Aged 18 or above
* With probable depression (Edinburg Postnatal depression scale; EPDS \> 10)
* Has access to a smart phone
* Fluent in spoken and written Siswati or English (with at least secondary school education)
* Planning to remain in the country for the next 2 months
* Willing to share her dominant phone number with the study team
* Willing to participate in the intervention study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Antidepressants or other depression treatments
* Currently enrolled in another trial
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## Arms

- **Mommy ReachOut intervention** (EXPERIMENTAL) — The intervention group will receive the Mommy ReachOut intervention, which is a web-based psychoeducation, consisting of a total of 4 sessions to be released over a 2-week period. Two sessions will be released each week, with each session consisting of readable mental health information and videos. Content for this intervention was based on previous reviews, previous intervention studies and the Diagnostic and Statistical manual of mental health disorders (DSM-5). Session content included basic information about antenatal depression, shared antenatal depression experiences, issues around stigma towards antenatal depression, and local resources available for antenatal women with depression in Eswatini.
- **waitlist control** (NO_INTERVENTION) — Participants in the control group will have access to the active treatment after completing the 6-week waiting period. Once the control participants complete the 1-month follow-up assessment, they will receive a website link to access the complete Mommy ReachOut intervention.

## Interventions

- **Mommy ReachOut Intervention** (BEHAVIORAL) — The momy reachOut intervention is a web-based psycho-education with 4 sessions, released over a two week period.

## Primary Outcomes

- **Help-seeking Intention** _(time frame: Baseline; Immediately post intervention; follow-up at 1 month post intervention)_ — General Help Seeking Questionnaire - This 9 item scale adopted a 3 point Likert scale (Unlikely, maybe, Likely) to measure help-seeking intention. The total score is computed by summing up all item scores, where a higher score indicates higher help-seeking intention. The total possible score ranges from 9 to 27.
- **Help-seeking Behavior** _(time frame: Baseline; Immediately post intervention; follow-up at 1 month post intervention)_ — Actual Help Seeking Questionnaire - This 9 item scale uses binary responses (Yes or No) to measure actual help-seeking behavior. The total score is computed by summing up all item scores, where a higher score indicates higher help-seeking behavior. The total possible score ranges from 0 to 9.

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Antenatal depressive symptoms** _(time frame: Baseline; Immediately post intervention; follow-up at 1 month post intervention)_
- **Health belief** _(time frame: Baseline; Immediately post intervention; follow-up at 1 month post intervention)_
- **Antenatal depression Stigma** _(time frame: Baseline; Immediately post intervention; follow-up at 1 month post intervention)_
- **Depression literacy** _(time frame: Baseline; Immediately post intervention; follow-up at 1 month post intervention)_

## Locations (2)

- Mbabane Government Public Health Unit, Mbabane, Hhohho Region, Eswatini — _RECRUITING_
- King Sobhuza II Public Health Unit, Manzini, Eswatini — _RECRUITING_

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