on General Well-being, Anxiety, and Physical Activity in Pregnant Women (Qigong)

Kocaeli University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Pregnancy

Treatments: Other: Some movements in the qigong study called Ba Duan Jin, which will be applied to pregnant women, will be arranged for pregnant women and explained in detail. These are very slow, movements

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07023978

KA24/178

Emine Ahi (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

102 pregnant women will be randomly divided into 2 groups. Participants in the control group will be given pregnancy counseling that includes only nutrition, walking (3 days a week for 30 minutes), and breathing exercises, and will be called for 1st, 2nd and 3rd month check-ups. In addition to pregnancy counseling, the Qigong group will receive 2 Qigong training sessions, one via Zoom and one face-to-face, and then the training videos of each exercise will be sent via WhatsApp. Paricipants will be asked to do the Qigong exercises at home for 30 minutes, 3 days a week for 12 weeks. These participants will be called for 1-month, 2-month and 3-month check-ups. Blood pressure and sugar measurements will be recorded at the first visit, 1st month, 2nd month and 3rd month check-ups, and patients will also be evaluated with the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire, Pregnancy Stress Assessment Scale, Pregnancy-related Anxiety Scale, Pregnancy Exercise Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. After the recruitment period the results will be evaluated statistically.

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women between the ages of 18-40 who have a new pregnancy detected by USG
• Pregnant women whose pregnancy week is compatible with fetal development, who do not have any problems and who will not have any problems exercising

Exclusion criteria

• Those with risky pregnancies (cervical dilation, bleeding, premature membrane rupture, etc.) *<18 and >40 years old pregnant women

  • Those with cardiovascular disease or hypertension
  • Those with uncontrolled diabetes
  • Those with uncontrolled thyroid disease
  • Those with a previous risky pregnancy or a complication
  • Those with an operation, metabolic bone disease or joint limitation that will prevent them from exercising
  • Those who are included in another pregnancy counseling or physical activity program
  • Those who do not give their consent for the study, do not come to regular pregnancy check-ups or have incomplete information will be excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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102 participants in 2 patient groups

control arm

No Intervention group

Description:

50 Pregnant women in the control group will be given pregnancy counseling that includes only nutrition, walking (3 days a week for 30 minutes), and breathing exercises, and will be called for 1st, 2nd and 3rd month check-ups.

Qigong arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

In addition to pregnancy counseling, the Qigong group will receive (52 participants) 2 Qigong training sessions, one via Zoom and one face-to-face, and then the training videos of each exercise will be sent via WhatsApp. Patients will be asked to do the Qigong exercises at home for 30 minutes, 3 days a week for 12 weeks. These patients will be called for 1-month, 2-month and 3-month check-ups.

Treatment:

Other: Some movements in the qigong study called Ba Duan Jin, which will be applied to pregnant women, will be arranged for pregnant women and explained in detail. These are very slow, movements