Mother-infant Connection Strategy Program
- Conditions
- PsychologicalMother-Infant Interaction
- Interventions
- Other: online mindfulness programOther: eight-week mindfulness programs
- Registration Number
- NCT06237088
- Brief Summary
This study evaluated the long-term effects of an online mindfulness-based program on the psychological distress and mother-infant bonding of women
- Detailed Description
The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of an online mindfulness program in reducing women's perceived stress, anxiety, depression, and in enhancing mindfulness and mother-infant bonding compared to a control group. The investigators hypothesize that the use of an online mindfulness program or an eight-week mindfulness program by the two experimental groups will lead to improved mood symptoms and mother-infant bonding compared with the control group.
A randomized controlled trial comparing three groups of healthy, singleton pregnant women was conducted using the Random Allocation Software (Saghaei, 2004). We used G-Power 3.1.9 for Windows to analyze the minimum effect size that would be statistically significant with an 80% probability, using an alpha error probability of 0.05 in the "ANOVA: Repeated measures, between factors" option. We inputted 3 for the number of groups, 4 for the number of measurements, 0.5 for the correlation between repeated measures, and factored in a 20% attrition rate. There are 41 women in each group.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 142
- Subjects were at the age over 18
- Could speak and read Chinese fluently
- Willing and be ale to attend the education program
- Taking medication for diagnosing mental illness
- With complicated or high-risk pregnancies
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description online mindfulness program online mindfulness program The intervention includes an eight-week internet-based mindfulness program. The program introduces participants to a new mindfulness topic every week. These topics are heavily inspired by the eight-week mindfulness programs. eight-week mindfulness programs eight-week mindfulness programs The intervention consists of 2.5-hour classes per week over a period of eight weeks.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method mother-infant bonding the follow-up at 2 , 4 months postpartum. The Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire, that was 25 items, with four factors. The first factor was labelled general emotional factor, the second anger towards and rejection of baby; the third infant-focus anxiety; and the fourth, risk of abuse.
anxiety baseline , and at eight weeks (after the intervention), 36 weeks of gestation, and the follow-up at 2 , 4 months postpartum The Beck Anxiety Inventory using 21 items on the scale describes a symptom of anxiety. Responses are rated from 0 (never) to 3 (very often), with higher scores corresponding to higher perceived anxiety.
depression baseline , and at eight weeks (after the intervention), 36 weeks of gestation, and the follow-up at 2 , 4 months postpartum Edinburgh Perinatal Depression Scale, that was 10-question questionnaire provides a valuable and efficient way to identify patients at risk of perinatal depression. Each item is scored from 0 to 3, with item scores summed to produce a total score
mindfulness baseline , and at eight weeks (after the intervention), 36 weeks of gestation, and the follow-up at 2 , 4 months postpartum The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, that was 39-item is based on factor analysis. The five facets of the FFMQ include: observing, describing, acting with awareness, non-judging of inner experience, and non-reactivity to inner experience. Scoring uses a 5-point Likert scale, with 1 representing "never or very rarely true" and 5 representing "very often or always true"
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Wan-Lin Pan
🇨🇳Taipei, Taiwan