The study is a feasibility trial with a pre and post-experiment design in Karachi, Pakistan's most populous city. The intervention comprises of twelve sessions of learning through play (LTP) plus during the three month period.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
Intervention feasibility
Intervention feasibility tested by collating data on recruitment and retention rates. The success criterion of feasibility is to recruit \> 50% of eligible fathers
Time frame: Baseline to 3rd month
Intervention acceptability
Intervention acceptability assessed using data on attendance. Criterion for acceptability is a mean attendance rate of \>70% of at least 5 sessions.
Time frame: Baseline to 3rd month
Change in severity of symptoms measured using Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (Hamilton, 1960)
It is the most widely used clinician-administered depression assessment on a 3-point or 5-point Likert-type scale. Scoring is based on the 17-item scale and scores of 0-7 are considered as being normal, 8-16 suggest mild depression, 17-23 moderate depression and scores over 24 are indicative of severe depression; the maximum score being 52 on the 17-point scale
Time frame: Changes in severity of symptoms from baseline to 3rd month
Changes in severity of symptoms measured using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; Cox et al. 1987),
A widely used 10-item measure of postnatal depression that has been used with fathers in the postnatal period. The higher score shows high severity of depression.
Time frame: Changes in severity of symptoms from baseline to 3rd month
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