A Group Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP + Dads): A Feasibility Study from Pakistan

Husain, Muhammad I., Chaudhry, Imran B., Khoso, Ameer B., Wan, Ming W., Kiran, Tayyeba, Shiri, Tinevimbo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9092-3268, Chaudhry, Nasim, Mehmood, Nasir, Jafri, Syed F., Naeem, Farooq and Husain, Nusrat (2021) 'A Group Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP + Dads): A Feasibility Study from Pakistan'. Children, Vol 8, Issue 1, p. 26.

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Abstract

Introduction: In this study, we feasibility tested Learning Through Play Plus Dads (LTP+ Dads), a group parenting psychoeducation program adapted for depressed Pakistani fathers of children under three years of age.
Methods: A total of 18 fathers with depression were recruited in Karachi, Pakistan for a pre-post feasibility study. Ten sessions of group LTP+ Dads were offered over three months. Clinical assessments were administered at baseline, 3 and 6 months and included the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Brief Disability Questionnaire, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Euro-Qol-5 Dimensions, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, Parenting Stress Index, and Knowledge, Attitude and Practices questionnaire.
Results: The intervention was feasible to implement and acceptable based on a recruitment rate of 100% of eligible participants and a 100% attendance rate for 5 of the 10 sessions. Within this preliminary sample, fathers showed, on average, a reduction in depressive symptoms, an increase in most areas of fathers’ knowledge and positive attitudes about child development. Perceived social support, self-esteem and functioning scores also increased.
Limitations: The small sample size and lack of control group are limitations of this study.
Conclusions: In this first study of paternal depression in Pakistan, a low cost culturally adapted group intervention was found to be feasible and acceptable. Changes in depression, parenting-related and other outcomes are promising and inform a future larger trial.

Keywords: Paternal depression, Cultural Adaptation, CBT, Parenting, Low and middle income country

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WM Psychiatry > WM 140 Mental disorders (General)
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3390/children8010026
Depositing User:	Rachel Dominguez
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2021 15:17
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2021 15:17
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/16704

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