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Scientific article 24. JUN 2025
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • The Social Sector
  • Health Care
  • Children, Adolescents and Families, The Social Sector, Health Care

Effects on maternal mental health and parental functioning of an interdisciplinary intervention to support women in vulnerable positions through pregnancy and early motherhood: A randomized controlled trial

Authors:

  • Lene Nygaard
  • Jonas Cuzulan Hirani
  • Mette Friis-Hansen
  • Deborah Davis
  • Ellen Aagaard Nøhr
  • Maiken Pontoppidan
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • The Social Sector
  • Health Care
  • Children, Adolescents and Families, The Social Sector, Health Care
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Background/Objectives: The transition to motherhood can be particularly challenging for women with limited socioeconomic resources or mental health concerns. The FAmily Clinic And Municipality (FACAM) intervention was designed to provide additional support through health visitors or family therapists, starting in pregnancy and continuing until the child reached school age. This paper evaluates the effects of the FACAM intervention on the secondary outcomes, maternal mental health and parental functioning during the
child’s first year of life. Methods: A total of 331 pregnant women were randomized to either the FACAM intervention (n = 163) or usual care (n = 168). Participants completed questionnaires at baseline and at 3 (N = 284) and 12 (N = 248) months postpartum. Outcomes included maternal mental well-being, satisfaction with motherhood, depressive symptoms, parental stress, parental reflective functioning, worries, and breastfeeding duration.
Results: At 12 months postpartum, FACAM mothers reported greater concern about housing issues (b = 0.56, 95% CI [0.06, 1.06], p = 0.03). No other significant differences in the reported outcomes were observed between the groups. Conclusion: The FACAM intervention did not demonstrate superiority over usual care in improving maternal mental health and parental functioning during the first year postpartum. The high-quality and needs-based approach of standard care in Denmark may have limited the potential for additional interventions to yield measurable improvements in maternal outcomes.

Authors

  • Lene NygaardJonas Cuzulan HiraniMette Friis-HansenDeborah DavisEllen Aagaard NøhrMaiken Pontoppidan

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