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With the advent of digital technology, app-based CBT offers new possibilities, yet its preventive role in perinatal depression remains insufficiently explored. This study aims to determine if pregnant women using an app-based CBT program report reduced depressive and anxious symptoms compared to a control group.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial of 290 pregnant women will be conducted at Jintang County Maternity and Child Health Hospital in Chengdu, China. Eligible participants who consent to participate will be recruited at 20-24 weeks of gestation and randomly assigned to either the intervention group, which will complete an 8-week mobile app-based CBT program (CareMom), or a control group, which will receive an attention-matched 8-week relaxation training program, also delivered via a mobile app. Randomization will be performed using a computer-generated random number sequence. Primary outcomes include changes in scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item from baseline to 6 weeks postpartum. Outcome analyses will be performed on both the intention-to-treat and per-protocol populations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This trial evaluates an app-based CBT program for reducing the risk of perinatal depression. 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