AUTHOR=Xavier Sandra , Monteiro Fabiana , Canavarro Maria Cristina , Fonseca Ana 

TITLE=Be a Mom: Patterns of Program Usage and Acceptability Among Women With Low-Risk and High-Risk for Postpartum Depression

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Global Women's Health

VOLUME=Volume 3 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/global-womens-health/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2022.841427

DOI=10.3389/fgwh.2022.841427

ISSN=2673-5059

ABSTRACT=Be a Mom is a self-guided web-based intervention developed to prevent postpartum depression [PPD] symptoms and to promote maternal wellbeing, respectively among high and low-risk new mothers. This study aims to examine and compare 1)Be a Mom’s patterns of usage and 2)Be a Mom’s acceptability among women presenting high and low risk for PPD.
The sample was composed by 800 women who registered in Be a Mom [542 presenting high-risk (Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised ≥ 5.5) and 258 presenting low-risk for PPD]. Data regarding patterns of usage were collected through the Be a Mom website. Acceptability data were collected through a brief questionnaire.
27.9% of high-risk and 36.3% of low-risk women completed the program. A higher proportion of participants in the low-risk group completed Be a Mom (X2(1) = 5.29, p = .021) and completed more modules (t(723) = -3.01, p = .003). No significant differences were found between the groups in number of logins, minutes spent on the program, exercises completed and number of times audios were played. a higher proportion of women in the high-risk group considered that participating in Be a Mom was too demanding (X2(1) = 8.21, p = .004).
Despite the low rates of completion, Be a Mom appears to be an acceptable option for both women with high-risk and low-risk for PPD. Lack of time seems to be the main reason for non-completion, so it is important to develop briefer versions of the program and introduce engagement strategies that may increase completion rate.