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ReviewMindfulness2017

Mindfulness-Based Interventions During Pregnancy: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Anjulie Dhillon, Elizabeth Sparkes, Rui V Duarte

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Review in Mindfulness, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04571190 (An Adapted Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program for Psycho-socially Vulnerable Pregnant Women - a Protocol for a Randomized Feasibility Study in a Danish Hospital-based Outpatient Setting), which is not on this map. Cited by 89 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04571190 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

An Adapted Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program for Psycho-socially Vulnerable Pregnant Women - a Protocol for a Randomized Feasibility Study in a Danish Hospital-based Outpatient Setting

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of AarhusRan2021 to 2022Enrolled73ConditionsPregnancy, High RiskArmsPrenatal MBSR
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Positive psychology interventions during pregnancy: A systematic review.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Anjulie DhillonSchool of Psychology, Sport and Exercise, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Elizabeth SparkesFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
Rui V DuarteInstitute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Room 124, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review aims to assess the effect of mindfulness-based interventions carried out during pregnancy exploring mindfulness and mental health outcomes. A systematic review was conducted to appraise the current literature on the subject area. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were agreed and after reviewing titles, abstracts and full papers, 14 articles met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. The quality of included articles was checked using the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies. Pooled results of the randomised controlled trials (RCTs) reporting outcomes on anxiety, depression and perceived stress indicated no differences between the mindfulness intervention group and the control group. Pooled results of the non-RCTs reporting anxiety, depression and perceived stress showed a significant benefit for the mindfulness group. Mindfulness as an outcome was assessed in four RCTs for which the pooled results show a significant difference in favour of the mindfulness intervention when compared to a control group. The pooled results of the four non-RCTs also indicate a significant difference following mindfulness intervention. Results suggest that mindfulness-based interventions can be beneficial for outcomes such as anxiety, depression, perceived stress and levels of mindfulness during the perinatal period. Further research would be useful to explore if such benefits are sustained during the post-natal period.

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ChildbirthLabourMaternal healthMindfulnessPerinatalPregnancy

Identifiers

PMID29201244
PMCPMC5693962

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