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The Effect of Yoga on Mental Health and Trauma in Pregnant Women

NCT07031622 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2025-06-22

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Summary

This study aims to investigate the effects of prenatal yoga exercises on psychological health and the perception of traumatic birth in pregnant women. The study will evaluate whether a structured yoga program can reduce anxiety, improve psychological resilience, and decrease the perception of birth-related trauma during pregnancy and postpartum periods.

Study Design:

A pre-post test matched group model will be used to investigate the effects of yoga exercises. The study includes an intervention group receiving prenatal yoga training in addition to standard birth preparation education, and a control group receiving only the birth preparation education.

Population and Sample:

The study will be conducted with pregnant women applying to the obstetrics outpatient clinic of a women's and children's hospital. Eligible participants will be over 18 years of age, over 16 weeks pregnant, have a planned pregnancy, and no diagnosis of high-risk pregnancy. Exclusion criteria include hypertension, gestational diabetes, short cervical length, and low-lying placenta.

A power analysis (Type I error of 0.05, Type II error of 0.20, effect size = 0.80) determined the required sample size as 26 per group, increased to 62 in total to account for potential dropouts.

Conditions

  • Yoga Exercises

Interventions

OTHER

Yoga Exercises

The control and intervention groups received birth preparation training for 45 minutes one day a week for 5 weeks. The experimental group additionally received a total of 10 sessions of a yoga program for 45 minutes, 2 days a week. The content of each yoga session included 10 minutes of mindful breathing, 20 minutes of yoga asanas, and 15 minutes of meditation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bartın Unıversity

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sakarya University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-11-01
Primary Completion
2023-11-30
Completion
2024-11-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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