Study Examining Stress During Pregnancy

University of Virginia

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Relaxation Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00307320

HIC 12234

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers at UVa Health System are interested in how women experience and deal with stress during pregnancy. Participants will be randomly assigned either to engage in coping strategies on one's own or to receive 6 weeks of relaxation training. Researchers will examine how coping strategies affect the course of the pregnancy and the health of the infant

Full description

Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires and complete some tasks that require concentration as heart rate and other biological signals are monitored. Participants will also be asked to provide samples of saliva a few times during 1 day. These tasks will be repeated 3 times during pregnancy and participants will be asked to complete questionnaires at 6 months postpartum

A stress-reduction workshop will be offered to all participants at the completion of the study.

Participants will be paid for study completion

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• beginning of the 2nd trimester of pregnancy
• feel stressed or overwhelmed
• do not yet have any children

Exclusion criteria

• more than 1 miscarriage
• currently receiving medication for anxiety or depression

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

1

No Intervention group

2

Experimental group

Description:

Relaxation techniques

Treatment:

Behavioral: Relaxation Training