The Efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Education on Pregnant Women's Childbirth Self-efficacy, Psychological Health and Maternal Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Enrollment
- 104
- Primary Endpoint
- change of prenatal and postnatal stress
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to explore the differences between stress, depression, childbirth self-efficacy, mindfulness and postnatal maternal outcomes in pregnant women with Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting education program.
Detailed Description
Being a mother is a huge change for women, and she will undergo a high degree of change and a strong threat in this transformation process. The purpose of this study is to explore the efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting(MBCP) Education Program on prenatal stress, depression, mindfulness, childbirth self-efficacy, and postnatal maternal outcomes. Randomized Controlled Trial comparing two education programs with health and singleton pregnant women is run by the Random Allocation Software (Saghaei, 2004). Use the G-Power 3.1.9 windows: repeated measures and between factors among two groups to calculate the number of samples, and setting the power = .8, α = .05, effect size = .25. The estimated number of samples may be lost 20%, total 104 samples ( 52 samples in each group). The protocol for the study used MBCP education, this program helps participants practice in the present moment, so that they may develop more confidence and well-being during pregnancy. The MBCP course is held for 3 hrs once a week for 8 weeks. They also had the home practice of 30 minutes a day with a DVD for the experimental group. The control group attending a hospital-based antenatal education program for 2 hrs once a month for 2 months from hospital staff nurses in all aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. This study uses a standard verbal script to the eligible participants who were volunteers of pregnant women in the waiting room of metropolitan hospital in Taiwan.
Investigators
Wan-Lin Pan
Nursing department
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Subjects were pregnant from 13th to 28th weeks gestation with a singleton pregnancy
- •Subjects were at the age over 20
- •Could speak and read Chinese fluently
- •Willing and be able to attend the education program
- •Determined to have a vaginal birth
Exclusion Criteria
- •Taking medication for diagnosing mental illness
- •With complicated or high-risk pregnancies
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
change of prenatal and postnatal stress
Time Frame: Baseline, T1: After 2-month intervention, T2: At 36th week pregnancy, T3: 6 months after childbirth
Self reported the perception of stress change from baseline to 6 months after childbirth using The Perceived Stress Scale
Secondary Outcomes
- change of mindfulness(Baseline, T1: After 2-month intervention, T2: At 36th week pregnancy, T3: 6 months after childbirth)
- postpartum medical records(After the childbirth within 24 hours will be collected)
- change of the childbirth self-efficacy(Baseline, T1: After 2-month intervention, T2: At 36th week pregnancy, T3: 6 months after childbirth)
- change of symptoms with depression and anxiety(Baseline, T1: After 2-month intervention, T2: At 36th week pregnancy, T3: 6 months after childbirth)