Study Examining Stress During Pregnancy
- Conditions
- Stress
- Registration Number
- NCT00307320
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Virginia
- Brief Summary
Researchers at UVa Health System are interested in how women experience and deal with stress during pregnancy. Participants will be randomly assigned either to engage in coping strategies on one's own or to receive 6 weeks of relaxation training. Researchers will examine how coping strategies affect the course of the pregnancy and the health of the infant
- Detailed Description
Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires and complete some tasks that require concentration as heart rate and other biological signals are monitored. Participants will also be asked to provide samples of saliva a few times during 1 day. These tasks will be repeated 3 times during pregnancy and participants will be asked to complete questionnaires at 6 months postpartum
A stress-reduction workshop will be offered to all participants at the completion of the study.
Participants will be paid for study completion
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 40
- beginning of the 2nd trimester of pregnancy
- feel stressed or overwhelmed
- do not yet have any children
- more than 1 miscarriage
- currently receiving medication for anxiety or depression
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Virginia, Department of Psychology
🇺🇸Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
University of Virginia, Department of Psychology🇺🇸Charlottesville, Virginia, United States