Paternal Psychosis After Baby Born (PAPABAB)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01011088 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 11, 2009
Last Update Posted : June 4, 2010
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A large number of studies have investigated the psychological disorders occurred in postpartum women, and found that postpartum psychosis is common in new mothers.
However, the situation of paternal psychological status after they had their first baby is not assessed. The investigators hypothesized that they had a high occurrence of paternal psychosis after first baby born. In addition, different factors might influence its onset and development in new fathers.
Condition or disease |
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Psychosis |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 387 participants |
Observational Model: | Case-Only |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Paternal Psychosis Evaluation After First Baby Born |
Study Start Date : | November 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2010 |

Group/Cohort |
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Early phase
Psychoses within the first 3 months after baby born
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Delayed phase
Psychoses > 3 months to one year after baby born
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- Incidence of psychoses [ Time Frame: Within the first 90 days and 90 days to 12 months postpartum ]
- Economic level before baby born [ Time Frame: One year before baby born ]
- Social status before baby born [ Time Frame: One year before baby born ]
- Psychological level before baby born [ Time Frame: From birth of the fathers to the time of their baby born,this is varing from different fathers and received by history records ]
- Maternal intrapartum complications [ Time Frame: From the onset of painful labor (0 min of delivery) to the completion of birth (varying in different women and/or different labor procedures) ]
- Baby characteristics [ Time Frame: One minute, 5min, 15min after baby was born ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 19 Years to 49 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men will be the would-be fathers
- Chinese
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18 years or > 50years
- Not willing to participating or completing the whole study at any time

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01011088
China, Jiangsu | |
Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital | |
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210004 |
Study Director: | XiaoFeng Shen, MD | Nanjing Medical University |
Responsible Party: | XiaoFeng Shen, Nanjing Medical University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01011088 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NMU-200911-MZ018 NJFY09331M012 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Nanjing Medical University ) |
First Posted: | November 11, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 4, 2010 |
Last Verified: | June 2010 |
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