A Co-Parent Intervention to Reduce Prenatal Depression in Low-Income Couples: A Pilot Study

Interventions for Perinatal Depression and Anxiety in Fathers: A Mini-Review

“…Although this mini-review did not apply a formal framework of quality assessment, it is of note that eight out of 11 studies were Randomised-Controlled Trials (RCTs), the gold-standard in the hierarchy of evidence for the evaluation of health outcomes. Of the three remaining studies, one was a pre-post experimental study (Setodeh et al, 2017 ), one was a prospective study (Cano Giménez and Sánchez-Luna, 2015 ) and one was a pilot study (Herman, 2020 ). Sample sizes ranged from n = 42 to n = 146.…”

“…Three studies sampled specific populations, including: one study focused on mothers and fathers with infants who were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Cano Giménez and Sánchez-Luna, 2015 ), one study included mothers and fathers with preterm babies (Castel et al, 2016 ), and one study sampled fathers with newborns following caesarean section (Huang et al, 2019 ). Of the remaining studies, one study sampled primiparous men (Daley-McCoy et al, 2015 ), four studies sampled expectant couples with no limits on parity (Setodeh et al, 2017 ; Edward et al, 2019 ; Herman, 2020 ; Missler et al, 2020 ), one study sampled couples in the postpartum with no limits on parity (Shorey et al, 2017 ), and two studies sampled expectant couples with intervention implementation throughout pregnancy and the postpartum (with no limits on parity) (Charandabi et al, 2017 ; Mihelic et al, 2018 ). Timing of delivery varied among studies, with most occurring either exclusively during the antenatal (Daley-McCoy et al, 2015 ; Setodeh et al, 2017 ; Edward et al, 2019 ; Herman, 2020 ; Missler et al, 2020 ) or postnatal period (Cano Giménez and Sánchez-Luna, 2015 ; Castel et al, 2016 ; Shorey et al, 2017 ; Huang et al, 2019 ).…”

“…Of the remaining studies, one study sampled primiparous men (Daley-McCoy et al, 2015 ), four studies sampled expectant couples with no limits on parity (Setodeh et al, 2017 ; Edward et al, 2019 ; Herman, 2020 ; Missler et al, 2020 ), one study sampled couples in the postpartum with no limits on parity (Shorey et al, 2017 ), and two studies sampled expectant couples with intervention implementation throughout pregnancy and the postpartum (with no limits on parity) (Charandabi et al, 2017 ; Mihelic et al, 2018 ). Timing of delivery varied among studies, with most occurring either exclusively during the antenatal (Daley-McCoy et al, 2015 ; Setodeh et al, 2017 ; Edward et al, 2019 ; Herman, 2020 ; Missler et al, 2020 ) or postnatal period (Cano Giménez and Sánchez-Luna, 2015 ; Castel et al, 2016 ; Shorey et al, 2017 ; Huang et al, 2019 ). Two interventions were delivered across both time periods (Charandabi et al, 2017 ; Mihelic et al, 2018 ).…”

“…We identified five new studies (Cano Giménez and Sánchez-Luna, 2015 ; Setodeh et al, 2017 ; Edward et al, 2019 ; Herman, 2020 ; Missler et al, 2020 ) in addition to those included in previous reviews. Cano and Giménez recruited fathers as part of couples with infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).…”

“…A large proportion of interventions incorporated counselling or therapy (Cano Giménez and Sánchez-Luna, 2015 ; Castel et al, 2016 ; Charandabi et al, 2017 ; Mihelic et al, 2018 ) or psychoeducation as part of an antenatal or postnatal education program (Cano Giménez and Sánchez-Luna, 2015 ; Daley-McCoy et al, 2015 ; Castel et al, 2016 ; Charandabi et al, 2017 ; Shorey et al, 2017 ; Mihelic et al, 2018 ; Edward et al, 2019 ; Herman, 2020 ; Missler et al, 2020 ), while massage was the focus of Huang and colleagues (Huang et al, 2019 ). Of the five studies offering therapy or counselling, the focus was varied and included parent-infant interaction/attachment (Cano Giménez and Sánchez-Luna, 2015 ; Castel et al, 2016 ; Setodeh et al, 2017 ), men's self care/self image (Shorey et al, 2017 ), and parenting (Mihelic et al, 2018 ).…”