Strengthening Healthy Emotional Co-regulation of Mothers With PCOS and Obesity and Their Infants
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
Objectives: 1. Build capacity for implementation of a novel diagnostic screening tool for emotional co-regulation, the uWECS, as part of clinical follow-up for mother-infant dyads with high fibrobesity risk in Finland. 2. Test the feasibility and limited efficacy of the brief, multimodal ECoFam intervention to foster healthy emotional co-regulation between mothers with PCOS and obesity and their infants.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Diagnosis of PCOS
• Obesity according to BMI
• Gave birth at Oulu University Hospital in 2024-25
• PEPPI cohort study participation
• uWECS emotional connection score \<9.0 at pre-test
Locations
Other Locations
Finland
Oulu University Hospital
RECRUITING
Oulu
Contact Information
Primary
Julia Jaekel, PhD
apfelliebhaber@gmail.com
358458043150
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-04-15
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 40
Treatments
Experimental: ECoFam intervention
personalized coaching sessions
No_intervention: treatment-as-usual (TAU)
control group, no intervention administered
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Oulu University Hospital
Collaborators: University of Oulu