Mindfulness for New Moms: Boosting Well Being and Work Transitio

Phase 1

Registration Number: CTRI/2024/03/064831

Lead Sponsor: Sreenath Kuruveettissery

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Open to Recruitment

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Participants have to be older than 18 years of age, in 16-32 weeks of healthy gestational period, and working full time (hybrid, remote or from office). Participants fluent in English would be eligible to participate in the study. Primiparous and Multiparous women would be eligible to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Women with diagnosis of gestational diabetes or gestational hypertension would be excluded from the study. Women pregnant with twins would be excluded from the study. Women with suicidal ideations, diagnosis of Bipolar disorder and Psychotic Disorders, and diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder would be excluded from the study. Women on antidepressants or anxiolytics medications would be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression: Depression in Perinatal and Postpartum Stages will be evaluated using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). <br/ ><br>Overall Well Being: The Pregnancy Experiences Scale-Brief Version (PES-Brief) assesses maternal exposures to daily uplifts and hassles specific to pregnancy. <br/ ><br>Motivation at work: Motivation at work will be measured using Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale (MWMS) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Assessment scores will be obtained at baseline (before intervention), T1 (after intervention), and T2 (6 weeks after childbirth). <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mindfulness levels: The evaluation of mindfulness skills will involve the use of the Three Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-Short Form (TFMQ-SF). <br/ ><br>Adherence to Protocol: Using a combination of several questions, adherence to the MBCT protocol would be evaluated.Timepoint: Assessment scores will be obtained at baseline (before intervention), T1 (after intervention), and T2 (6 weeks after childbirth).