Effect of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program on stress, anxiety, and childbirth fear in pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a live online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in preventing distress, anxiety and childbirth fear in pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19. Designed as a randomized-controlled trial, this study was performed with the participation of...

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Published in:Complementary therapies in clinical practice 2022-05, Vol.47, p.101566-101566, Article 101566
Main Authors: Güney, Esra, Cengizhan, Sıdıka Özlem, Karataş Okyay, Esra, Bal, Zeynep, Uçar, Tuba
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenatal
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Childbirth & labor
Control groups
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Depression - psychology
Fear
Fear & phobias
Female
Humans
Medical diagnosis
Medical personnel
Mindfulness
Parturition - psychology
Perinatal mental health
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women - psychology
Prenatal mood
Psychological distress
Psychological well being
Questionnaires
Stress
Stress management
Stress management training
Stress, Psychological - therapy
Womens health
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Summary:This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a live online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in preventing distress, anxiety and childbirth fear in pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19. Designed as a randomized-controlled trial, this study was performed with the participation of pregnant women who were diagnosed with COVID-19. The sample comprised 84 pregnant women, including 42 in the experimental group and 42 in the control group. The online MBSR program composed of eight sessions and lasting four weeks was provided to the pregnant women in the experimental group, whereas such an initiative was not provided to the control group. The data were collected via the Revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (NuPDQ), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Childbirth Attitudes Questionnaire (CAQ). After the MBSR program, the mean NuPDQ, BAI and CAQ scores of the pregnant women in the experimental group were significantly lower than the mean scores of those in the control group (p 
ISSN:1744-3881
1873-6947
DOI:10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101566