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Adapting and testing a brief intervention to reduce maternal anxiety during pregnancy (ACORN): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to treat mental disorders during pregnancy: A systematic review and multiple treatment meta-analysis.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Effect of Crisis Counselling on the Anxiety of Women With an Unplanned Pregnancy.Journal of pregnancy · 2026Trial
- Adapting and testing a brief intervention to reduce maternal anxiety during pregnancy (ACORN): report of a feasibility randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2022Trial
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- A concept analysis of the term midwifery intervention: A scoping review.European journal of midwifery · 2026Review
- The effect of perinatal interventions on parent anxiety, infant socio-emotional development and parent-infant relationship outcomes: A systematic review.JCPP advances · 2022Article
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration and Perceptions of Infant Sleep: The Mediating Role of Postpartum Anxiety.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Developing a complex intervention to support pregnant women with mild to moderate anxiety: application of the Medical Research Council framework.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Prostaglandin insert dinoprostone versus trans-cervical balloon catheter for outpatient labour induction: a randomised controlled trial of feasibility (PROBIT-F).Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020Article
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- Fetal and Infant Outcomes in the Offspring of Parents With Perinatal Mental Disorders: Earliest Influences.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Review
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10 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundNational guidelines in the UK, United States of America, Canada, and Australia have recently stressed the importance of identifying and treating antenatal anxiety and depression. However, there is little research into the most effective and acceptable ways of helping women manage their symptoms of anxiety and stress during pregnancy. Research indicates the necessity to consider the unique needs and concerns of perinatal populations to ensure treatment engagement, highlighting the need to develop specialised treatments which could be integrated within routine antenatal healthcare services. This trial aims to develop a brief intervention for antenatal anxiety, with a focus on embedding the delivery of the treatment within routine antenatal care. METHODS/
designThis study is a two-phase feasibility trial. In phase 1 we will develop and pilot a brief intervention for antenatal anxiety, blended with group support, to be led by midwives. This intervention will draw on cognitive behavioural principles and wider learning from existing interventions that have been used to reduce anxiety in expectant mothers. The intervention will then be tested in a pilot randomised controlled trial in phase 2. The following outcomes will be assessed: (1) number of participants meeting eligibility criteria, (2) number of participants consenting to the study, (3) number of participants randomised, (4) number of sessions completed by those in the intervention arm, and (5) number of participants completing the post-intervention outcome measures. Secondary outcomes comprise: detailed feedback on acceptability, which will guide further development of the intervention; and outcome data on symptoms of maternal and paternal anxiety and depression, maternal quality of life, quality of couple relationship, mother-child bonding, infant temperament and infant sleep. DISCUSSION: The study will provide important data to inform the design of a future full-scale randomised controlled trial of a brief intervention for anxiety during pregnancy. This will include information on its acceptability and feasibility regarding implementation within current antenatal services, which will inform whether ultimately this provision could be rolled out widely in healthcare settings.
trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN95282830 . Registered on 29 October 2014.
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