Evaluation of the effect of educational intervention with mobile health technology and based on the theory of planned behavior on sleep quality, anxiety and perceived stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in pregnant women referred to urban health centers.

Not Applicable

Conditions: Condition 1: Sleep quality. Condition 2: Corona stress. Condition 3: Corona anxiety. Condition 4: Behavior-based education.

Registration Number: IRCT20210801052045N1

Lead Sponsor: Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Gestational age is more than 12 weeks (at the same time as the beginning of the 12th week of pregnancy and up to 2 months after delivery, women suffer from sleep problems and poor sleep quality.)
Mothers aged 15-45 years
Ability to read and write
No complications and diseases during pregnancy, including preeclampsia, eclampsia, gestational diabetes, and hydramnios
No experience of a stressful event other than Covid-19 disease during the past 6 months
Unemployment of the pregnant mother in the hospital and unemployment in the night shift (due to the effect on sleep disorders)
No mental or physical illness
No smoking, drugs, and sleeping pills
No history of infertility
Pregnancy of a pregnant mother with Covid-19 disease now and in the past
Having the consent to enter the study
Having a WhatsApp messenger or the possibility of installing this software on a mobile phone

Exclusion Criteria

Incidence of acute mental and physical illness
Premature rupture of membranes and preterm delivery
Abnormal fetal presentation
Pregnant mother with Covid-19

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleap quality. Timepoint: Before intervention, immediately after intervention, 1 month after intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire.;Corona stress. Timepoint: Before intervention, immediately after intervention, 1 month after intervention. Method of measurement: Corona-related stress scale questionnaire.;Corona Stress Scale: CSS. Timepoint: Before intervention, immediately after intervention, 1 month after intervention. Method of measurement: Corona Disease Anxiety Scale)CDAS).;Training based on the theory of planned behavior. Timepoint: Before intervention, immediately after intervention, 1 month after intervention. Method of measurement: Researcher-made questionnaire on the theory of planned behavior.

Secondary Outcome Measures