Enhanced Prenatal Care Models and Postpartum Depression

Does enhanced group prenatal care lead to greater reductions in depressive symptom severity relative to enhanced individual prenatal care among pregnant individuals with low incomes?In this randomized clinical trial including 674 individuals, reductions in depressive symptom severity from baseline to 3 months postpartum did not differ by enhanced prenatal care type. Participants in both prenatal care types reported statistically significant reductions in depressive symptom severity.This randomized clinical trial did not find evidence of a difference between enhanced prenatal care types for improving depressive symptoms.

Corresponding Author: Jennifer N. Felder, Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Box 1726, San Francisco, CA 94143 (jennifer.felder@ucsf.edu).

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