One-Day Online CBT Intervention for Postpartum Depression: Subjective Experiences and Pre-Post Symptom Severity

IF 1.2 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI:10.1002/capr.12878

Nadja Urban, Franziska Kühne, Ryan J. Van Lieshout, Malek Bajbouj, Sabine Aust

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Abstract

Purpose

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects about 17% of parents after childbirth and can have adverse effects on individuals, families and offspring. Parents with PPD frequently encounter significant barriers to tailored health care that make timely access to treatment difficult.

Methods

Twenty-nine help-seeking German parents of at least one child (< 1 year old) and with symptoms of depression participated in a synchronous 1-day online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) group intervention. Following a mixed-methods approach, intervention acceptance and preferences were evaluated using semi-structured interviews conducted 2 weeks post-intervention. Analyses were performed via qualitative content analysis. Severity of depressive symptoms were assessed via the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) 1 week before and 4 weeks after the intervention.

Results

Twenty-one interviews were conducted. Most participants rated the workshop as overall helpful (n = 164, 72.57%), with workshop characteristics, such as the online format (n = 112; 68.29%) and structure (n = 15; 20.55%) being most helpful. Expectations were mostly content-related (n = 25; 52.08%), and 80% (n = 20) of expectations were met (e.g. regarding self-help strategies being taught or deepening of existing knowledge). Two weeks after participation, the majority of parents were still applying intervention techniques in their daily lives (n = 42; 77.78%). Depressive symptoms were also significantly reduced at post-measurement (t = 3159; p = 0.004; d = 0.608).

Conclusions

The 1-day online CBT group intervention is easily accessible and could support parents after birth by teaching cognitive behavioural strategies to cope with symptoms of PPD.

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期刊介绍： Counselling and Psychotherapy Research is an innovative international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to linking research with practice. Pluralist in orientation, the journal recognises the value of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods strategies of inquiry and aims to promote high-quality, ethical research that informs and develops counselling and psychotherapy practice. CPR is a journal of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, promoting reflexive research strongly linked to practice. The journal has its own website: www.cprjournal.com. The aim of this site is to further develop links between counselling and psychotherapy research and practice by offering accessible information about both the specific contents of each issue of CPR, as well as wider developments in counselling and psychotherapy research. The aims are to ensure that research remains relevant to practice, and for practice to continue to inform research development.