Guided Imagery on Pregnancy Stress and Sleep Quality in Risky Pregnancy

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Effect of Guided Imagery Application on Pregnancy Stress and Sleep Quality in Risky Pregnant Women Will Be Checked
• Interventions: Behavioral: Guided imagery

• Registration Number: NCT06610513
• Lead Sponsor: Cukurova University

Brief Summary

In this thesis study, it is thought that with the guided imagery application to the hospitalized pregnant women, there will be a decrease in their stress levels and an increase in their sleep quality. In our country, there is no study where guided imagery application is used in risky pregnant women. It is thought that new information will be added to the literature as a result of this study. This study will be conducted to determine the effect of guided imagery application on pregnancy stress and sleep quality in risky pregnant women.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-02-01
• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Study First Submitted: 2024-09-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-20
• Study First Posted: 2024-09-24
• Last Update Posted: 2024-09-24
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-01
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

• Education level should be primary school or above
• Being in the 20th week of pregnancy or above
• Being planned to stay in the hospital for at least 5 days
• Being hospitalized for the first time during pregnancy
• Being within the first 3 days of hospitalization
• Knowing and speaking Turkish
• Being able to communicate verbally

Exclusion Criteria

1. Having had guided imagery before
2. Having a diagnosis of mental illness
3. Having become pregnant through infertility treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Guided imagery group	Guided imagery	Guided imagery will be applied to risky pregnant women in addition to normal nursing care.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pregnancy Stress Assessment Scale	During 5 days after the first meeting with participant	Pregnancy Stress Assessment Scale will be implemented to the pregnant women. The degree of anxiety, distress and worry experienced by pregnant women is \"definitely not\", \"mild\", \"moderate\", \"serious\" or \"very serious\" and is given on a score ranging from 0 to 4, and the perceived stress levels during pregnancy range from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 144 points. As the score obtained from the scale increases, it is interpreted that stress increases.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Adana City Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Adana, Sariçam, Turkey