Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an App-Based Program for Mothers of Toddlers.
digital health (eHealth)
emotion regulation
maternal mental health
parenting
randomized controlled trial
Journal
Frontiers in psychiatry
ISSN: 1664-0640
Titre abrégé: Front Psychiatry
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101545006
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
22
02
2022
accepted:
03
06
2022
entrez:
11
7
2022
pubmed:
12
7
2022
medline:
12
7
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Families have faced unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to increased maternal mental health problems and barriers to accessing care. Innovative programs are needed to support both maternal mental health and parenting, and to buffer the long-term impacts of stress on young children. Using a patient-oriented approach, our research team aimed to co-develop and pilot test an App-based psychoeducation and social-connection platform: Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM). The co-development process involved a parent advisory board from conceptualization and design, through to direct participation in the program delivery. The BEAM program includes weekly videos and activities based on Unified Protocol therapy modules and emotion-focused parenting strategies, a weekly telehealth group review session, and access to a private online forum for support from other mothers and clinical coaches. A parallel randomized control trial was conducted across two provinces in Canada. Mothers of preschool children (aged 18-36 months old), with moderate-to-severe depression (Patient Health Questionaire-9 ≥ 10), were recruited online and randomized to either the 10-week BEAM intervention or treatment as usual (TAU) control group. Online surveys (ensuring researcher blinding) included questions about feasibility and acceptability of the program and pre/post self-report measures of mental health, parenting, positive coping and child behavior outcomes. The primary outcome measures were symptoms of depression and parenting stress. Data were analyzed using mixed models and an intention-to-treat approach. 65 participants were randomized, by an online allocation tool, to the BEAM ( The BEAM program has promise as a novel, feasible and acceptable intervention for improving mental health among mothers of young children. [www.ClinicalTrials.gov], identifier [NCT04772677].
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Families have faced unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to increased maternal mental health problems and barriers to accessing care. Innovative programs are needed to support both maternal mental health and parenting, and to buffer the long-term impacts of stress on young children. Using a patient-oriented approach, our research team aimed to co-develop and pilot test an App-based psychoeducation and social-connection platform: Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM).
Methods
UNASSIGNED
The co-development process involved a parent advisory board from conceptualization and design, through to direct participation in the program delivery. The BEAM program includes weekly videos and activities based on Unified Protocol therapy modules and emotion-focused parenting strategies, a weekly telehealth group review session, and access to a private online forum for support from other mothers and clinical coaches. A parallel randomized control trial was conducted across two provinces in Canada. Mothers of preschool children (aged 18-36 months old), with moderate-to-severe depression (Patient Health Questionaire-9 ≥ 10), were recruited online and randomized to either the 10-week BEAM intervention or treatment as usual (TAU) control group. Online surveys (ensuring researcher blinding) included questions about feasibility and acceptability of the program and pre/post self-report measures of mental health, parenting, positive coping and child behavior outcomes. The primary outcome measures were symptoms of depression and parenting stress. Data were analyzed using mixed models and an intention-to-treat approach.
Results
UNASSIGNED
65 participants were randomized, by an online allocation tool, to the BEAM (
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
The BEAM program has promise as a novel, feasible and acceptable intervention for improving mental health among mothers of young children.
Clinical Trial Registration
UNASSIGNED
[www.ClinicalTrials.gov], identifier [NCT04772677].
Identifiants
pubmed: 35815022
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.880972
pmc: PMC9263095
doi:
Banques de données
ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT04772677']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
880972Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 MacKinnon, Simpson, Salisbury, Bobula, Penner-Goeke, Berard, Rioux, Giesbrecht, Giuliano, Lebel, Protudjer, Reynolds, Sauer-Zavala, Soderstrom, Tomfohr-Madsen and Roos.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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