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Mindfulness Based Childbirth and Parenting Education - RCT of Effects on Parent and Child Health

NCT02441595 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 193

Last updated 2018-08-08

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore if an intervention using Mindfulness Based Childbirth and Parenting education (MBCP) targeted to stressed pregnant women is effective in: 1) reducing prenatal stress, 2) preventing perinatal maternal mental ill-health, 3) preparing the mother for labor and 4) promoting positive infant-caregiver attachment.

Conditions

  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Depression, Postpartum
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Stress, Psychological

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

MBCP

Eight weekly sessions 2,5 h and homework 30 min/day. Practicing various mindfulness meditations coupled with practical skills and theory of birthing and parenting.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoprophylaxis

Three sessions 3h each, and practices to do at home. Practical skills of relaxation and breathing techniques for labor as well as knowledge of birthing and parenting.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Eva Nissen, Professor · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2018-08-31

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