CompletedNot Applicable

Development and Evaluation of SM-ART Intervention (SM-ART)

Pakistan200 participantsStarted 2019-07-01

Plain-language summary

The approach of this intended research is to help pregnant women practice constructive coping and proactive skills that focus on positive adaptation for safe motherhood through our developed intervention. The objective of this two phases Randomized Control Trial is to develop contextually based "SM-ART" intervention \[Safe Motherhood ART: Accessible Resilience Training\] and evaluate the effectiveness of "SM-ART" intervention in a sample of pregnant women living in low socioeconomic urban areas of Karachi, Pakistan. It is hypothesized that the SM-ART intervention will enhance resilience and marital harmony and decrease symptoms of depression, anxiety in pregnant women.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion criteria

✓. All participants should provide written consent, be 18+ years of age
✓. All participants should be currently married at a gestational age of 12 to 30 weeks: by 12th week, pregnancy is confirmed, they do visit health clinic and upper bar is set to 30 weeks so there should be adequate time to provide the intervention and observe the effectiveness.
✓. Participants should speak and understand urdu, as all our assessments and intervention will be in local language.

What they're measuring

Change in Resilience Score

Timeframe: Baseline ( at the time of enrolment) and Post assessment (within two weeks of intervention)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04694261

SponsorAga Khan University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-06-30

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