Clinical effectiveness, implementation effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a community singing intervention for postnatal depressive symptoms, SHAPER-PND: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postnatal depression (PND) affects up to one in four mothers. However, they may experience barriers to access to conventional treatments, indicating a need for alternatives such as arts-based interventions. A previous trial showed that a 10-week singing intervention could alleviate symptoms of PND.

Aims

To evaluate, in a larger sample and across a longer timeframe than previously, the clinical effectiveness, implementation effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Melodies for Mums (M4M) singing intervention for symptoms of PND.

Method

One-hundred and ninety-nine mothers experiencing symptoms of PND (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score ≥10) and their babies were randomised to 10 weeks of in-person singing sessions (M4M, n = 133) or an active

SUBMITTER: Bind RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12628126 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature