PERINATAL TRIALS REPORT

PT0523

Program of Resources, Information and Support for Mothers (PRISM)

Plain Language Summary:      PRISM aims to reduce depression and physical health problems of recent mothers through primary health care strategies to increase practitioners' response to these issues, and through community-based strategies to develop broad-family and community supports for recent mothers.

Trial status:                         Closed to accrual

Date Closed to accrual: August 2001

Trial Objective:

1. To decrease the prevalence of depression 6-9 months after birth from an expected rate of 16.9% to 13.9%.

2. To reduce the proportion of women still depressed two years after from 30% of those who were depressed at 6-9 months to 20%.

Type of administration:        Multi-centre National

Prinicipal Investigator/s:     Professor Judith Lumley

                                        Email J.Lumley@latrobe.edu.au

Contact person: As above

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