The Effect of Mindfulness Based Structured Nursing Interventions on Mental Health Parameters

Mersin Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mindfulness; Mental Health

Treatments: Other: Mindfulness Based Structured Nursing Interventions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06403228

MersinUniversityNursingFaculty

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled study evaluate the effect of mindfulness-based structured nursing interventions on the mental health parameters of risky pregnant women. The hypothesis of this study is that mindfulness-based structured nursing interventions has an effect of the state-trait anxiety, perceived stress, depression on high risk pregnant women.

Full description

Methods: This study, was carried out in three phases. In the first phase, the views and experiences of high-risk pregnant women about being treated in the hospital and in the third phase, their views and experiences about the intervention were determined through individual in-depth interviews.In the second phase, 40 high risk pregnant women were randomly assigned to the study and control groups. The study group (n = 19) received 8 days of mindfulness-based structured nursing interventions. The control group (n = 21) did not receive any intervention. Results were collected through data collection forms before the mindfulness-based structured nursing interventions, after the mindfulness-based structured nursing interventions is completed.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between the ages of 18-65
• Able to read and understand Turkish
• Written informed consent was obtained before participation in the study
• Diagnosed with a risky pregnancy and treated in hospital
• Not receiving any other psychological therapy
• No prior meditation experience
• The participants do not have any physical/mental disability or limitation and disease that would prevent them from participating in the program

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years old
• Cant read and understand Turkish
• Pregnant women who have not been diagnosed a risky pregnancy or treated in hospital
• Meditation or psychological therapy experiences before the study
• The participants who left the program voluntarily or participating in less than 70% of the eight-day program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group participated in a mindfulness-based structured nursing interventions program planned for a total of eight days, 60 minutes each day, led by Elçin Alaçam, who has a Mindfulness Institute-approved certificate. The mindfulness-based structured nursing interventions program was structured for 8 days, taking into account the literature and the characteristics of high-risk pregnant women such as length of hospitalization.

Treatment:

Other: Mindfulness Based Structured Nursing Interventions

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was applied to the control group. Data were collected from the control group simultaneously with the study group.