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A Group Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP + Dads): A Feasibility Study from Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, paternal depression is a neglected and under-researched area.

Aims

To feasibility test Learning Through Play Plus Dads (LTP+ Dads), a group parenting psychoeducation program adapted for depressed Pakistani fathers of children under 3 years of age.

Methods

Fathers with depression were recruited in Karachi, Pakistan, for a pre-post feasibility study. Ten sessions of group LTP+ Dads were offered over three months. Clinical assessments were administered at baseline, three (end of intervention), and six (follow-up) months and included the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Brief Disability Questionnaire, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Euro-Qol-5 Dimensions, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, Parenting Stress Index, and Knowledge, Attitude and Practices questionnaire.

Results

Of the 78 fathers approached, 34 consented to screening and 18 were eligible to participate. Participants had a mean age of 33 years, with a mean of 3.61 children. Most were unemployed and were from low-income households with low education backgrounds. The intervention was feasible and acceptable based on a recruitment rate of 100% of eligible participants and a 100% attendance rate for five of the 10 sessions. Fathers showed, on average, a reduction in depressive symptoms, an increase in most areas of knowledge, and positive attitudes about child development. Perceived social support, self-esteem, and functioning scores also increased.

Conclusions

A low-cost, culturally adapted group intervention was found to be feasible and acceptable. Changes in depression, parenting-related, and other outcomes are promising and inform a future larger trial.

Trial registration

The trial was registered on Clinicaltrials.gov on 9 December 2020 (identifier: NCT04660253).

SUBMITTER: Husain MI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7825441 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Group Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP + Dads): A Feasibility Study from Pakistan.

Husain Muhammad I MI Chaudhry Imran B IB Khoso Ameer B AB Wan Ming W MW Kiran Tayyeba T Shiri Tinevimbo T Chaudhry Nasim N Mehmood Nasir N Jafri Syed F SF Naeem Farooq F Husain Nusrat N

Children (Basel, Switzerland) 20210106 1

<h4>Background</h4>Globally, paternal depression is a neglected and under-researched area.<h4>Aims</h4>To feasibility test Learning Through Play Plus Dads (LTP+ Dads), a group parenting psychoeducation program adapted for depressed Pakistani fathers of children under 3 years of age.<h4>Methods</h4>Fathers with depression were recruited in Karachi, Pakistan, for a pre-post feasibility study. Ten sessions of group LTP+ Dads were offered over three months. Clinical assessments were administered at ...[more]

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Dataset Information

A Group Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP + Dads): A Feasibility Study from Pakistan.

Background

Aims

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Trial registration

Publications

A Group Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP + Dads): A Feasibility Study from Pakistan.

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