{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Bind RH"],"funding":["Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["836-845"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12628126"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["227(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Aims</h4>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.<h4>Method</h4>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, <i>n</i> = 133) or an active"],"journal":["The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science"],"pubmed_title":["Clinical effectiveness, implementation effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a community singing intervention for postnatal depressive symptoms, SHAPER-PND: randomised controlled trial."],"pmcid":["PMC12628126"],"funding_grant_id":["219425/Z/19/Z"],"pubmed_authors":["Lopez MB","Laijawala R","Fancourt D","Agwuna J","Crane N","Perkins R","Pariante CM","Davis R","Hazelgrove K","Healey A","Dye H","Burton A","Rebecchini L","Sevdalis N","Lawrence AJ","Priestley K","Estevao C","Miller C","Dazzan P","Bind RH","Bakolis I","Manoharan M","Osborn T","Woods AJ","Greenwood L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Clinical effectiveness, implementation effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a community singing intervention for postnatal depressive symptoms, SHAPER-PND: randomised controlled trial.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Aims</h4>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.<h4>Method</h4>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, <i>n</i> = 133) or an active","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Dec","modification":"2026-06-06T06:29:47.11Z","creation":"2026-06-06T03:06:19.375Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12628126","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41087020"],"doi":["10.1192/bjp.2025.10377"]}}