Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Education on Pregnant Women

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pregnancy Related; Stress, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: MBCP education; Behavioral: Hospital-based antenatal education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03185910

104-E-20

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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104 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

MBCP education

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention includes 3-hour classes per week during the duration of eight weeks and a 7- hour silent meditation practice as well.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MBCP education

Hospital-based antenatal education

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Hospital-based antenatal education program will be held 2 hrs once a month for 2 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Hospital-based antenatal education