The purpose of this study is to examine whether the successful perinatal depression intervention among mothers (Thinking Healthy Programme, THP) has led to improved developmental outcomes in the children 6 years later. Economic and human resources aspects of the intervention will also be evaluated to determine overall societal benefits from investment in such a program, feasibility of scaling up the intervention and its sustainability in the long-term. The primary hypothesis is that children of mothers who participated in the THP will have better cognitive outcomes and socio-emotional functioning when compared to children of mothers randomized to the control group.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
964
Human Development Research Foundation
Islamabad, Pakistan
Estimate of general intelligence
Time frame: Re-enrollment visit, approximately 7 years post-intervention
Measures of executive functions
Working memory, cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, and sustained attention will be measured by standard tests of cognitive functioning.
Time frame: Re-enrollment visit, approximately 7 years post-intervention
Level of literacy and numeracy
Time frame: Re-enrollment visit, approximately 7 years post-intervention
Presence of behavioral and emotional problems (socio-emotional development)
Time frame: Re-enrollment visit, approximately 7 years post-intervention
Height-for-age
Time frame: Re-enrollment visit, approximately 7 years post-intervention
Weight-for-age
Time frame: Re-enrollment visit, approximately 7 years post-intervention
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