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The effect of writing therapy with anxious pregnant women on their infants’ quality of sleep

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Anxiety.
Generalized anxiety disorder
Registration Number
IRCT20120718010324N45
Lead Sponsor
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria

Pregnant women with gestational age of 31-28 weeks
First or second pregnancy
Women with moderate anxiety based on Beck Anxiety Scale
Having at least high school certificate

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnant women with mental illness and taking of any psychological drug, according to the person expression
Mothers who have drug addiction and smoke cigarettes, according to their own expression
Mothers with high risk pregnancy who suffer from high stress and anxiety, such as mothers with diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, kidney disease, epilepsy, multiple pregnancy, personal or family history of congenital birth defects and history of preterm labor
Mothers who will not take care of their infants after giving birth, such as divorce, those who have gestational surrogacy, and ...
Mothers with an previous child with known physical or psychological health problem.

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Infant sleep quality. Timepoint: Two and four months after childbirth (1 and 3 months after the end of intervention). Method of measurement: Infant Sleep Questionnaire (ISQ).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mean score of anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention and immediately after the end of counseling. Method of measurement: Beck Anxiety Inventory.;The frequency of exclusive breastfeeding. Timepoint: Two and four months after childbirth. Method of measurement: check list.;Infant Anthropometric Indices. Timepoint: At birth, two and four months after childbirth. Method of measurement: Scale and meter.;Infant developmental index. Timepoint: Four months after childbirth. Method of measurement: ASQ questionnaire.
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