Lay support for pregnant women with social risk: a randomised controlled trial

Abstract

We sought evidence of effectiveness of lay support to improve maternal and child outcomes in disadvantaged families. Antenatal attendances were high in the standard care control and did not increase further with addition of the POW intervention (10.1 vs 10.1 (mean difference; MD) −0.00, 95% CI (95% CI −0.37 to 0.37)). In the powered subgroup of women with 2 or more social risk factors, mean EPDS (MD −0.79 (95% CI −1.56 to −0.02) was significantly better, although for all women recruited, no significant differences were seen (MD −0.59 (95% CI −1.24 to 0.06). Mother-to-infant bonding was significantly better in the intervention group for all women (MD −0.30 (95% CI −0.61 to −0.00) p=0.05), and there were no differences in other secondary outcomes. This trial demonstrates differences in depressive symptomatology with addition of the POW service in the powered subgroup of women with 2 or more social risk factors. Addition to existing evidence indicates benefit from lay interventions in preventing postnatal depression. This finding is important for women and their families given the known effect of maternal depression on longer term childhood outcomes.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009203
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences
Additional Information: Copyright: Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Funding: This work was supported by the National Institute of Health Research, Birmingham and Black Country Collaboration for Leadership and Applied Health Research and Care. The study was sponsored by the University of Birmingham.
Publication ISSN: 2044-6055
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 08:25
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2018 14:10
Full Text Link: http://bmjopen. ... pen-2015-009203
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2016-03-01
Accepted Date: 2016-02-08
Authors: Kenyon, Sara
Jolly, Kate
Hemming, Karla
Hope, Lucy
Blissett, Jackie (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-0275-6413)
Dann, Sophie-anna
Lilford, Richard
Macarthur, Christine

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