Mindmom-An online-based mindfulness intervention to strengthen the mental stability of pregnant women and support vaginal delivery within the project Mind:Pregnancy

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F53.0; Mild mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

• Registration Number: DRKS00017210
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsfrauenklinik Heidelberg

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-01-13
• Results First Posted: 2020-08-11
• Study Completion: 2021-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

Age = 18 years,
- fluent German language skills
- gestational Age = 28 gestational week
- insurance at one of the participating health insurance companies
- Residency / prenatal care in Baden-Württemberg
Participation in the intervention: conspicouus depression screening result (EPDS> 9)
- Access to internet
-Written consent available

Exclusion Criteria

- pregnancy with multiples
- high risk of preterm delivery
- acute psychotic Episode or diagnosed psychosis, suicidality, drug abuse, borderline personality disorder, current traumatic experiences (without relation to pregnancy)
- Need for acute psychiatric care
- Participation in an MBI during the current pregnancy
- Fetal malformations (defined as structural defects of the body and / or organs that are visible and / or restrict the infant's prognosis and / or result in interventions during pregnancy or after birth)

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary aim of the study is to significantly reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in pregnant women with increased symptoms by participating in the 8-week eMBI. Likewise, the autonomy of the pregnant women is to be strengthened with regard to the birth.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
In women affected by increased symptoms of depression or anxiety, participation in an 8-week intervention leads to <br>1. decrease of symptom burden / lower prevalence of peripartum depression<br>2. decrease of neuroendocrine stress markers<br>3. Increasing quality of life<br>4. more positive perception of birth and attachment to the infant<br>5. reduction of the caesarean section rate