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Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the symptoms of mild to moderate anxiety in pregnant women. A systematic review and narrative synthesis of women's views on the acceptability of and satisfaction with interventions.
Synthesis in Archives of women's mental health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06750406 (Effects of Mind Body Exercises on Stress, Anxiety and Fatigue in Pregnant Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Mind Body Exercises on Stress, Anxiety and Fatigue in Pregnant Women
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nonpharmacological Treatment for Supporting Social Participation of Adults with Depression.Occupational therapy international · 2021Pooled it
- Role of psychotherapy on antenatal depression, anxiety, and maternal quality of life: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Auriculotherapy for anxiety, quality of life and fear of COVID-19 in pregnant women: a randomized clinical trial.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Trial
- The Effect of Spiritual Self-care Intervention with a Blended Learning Approach on Anxiety in Women with Preterm Labor: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2023Trial
- Effect of Midwives' Application of Intelligent Delivery Room Management System on Delivery Outcome.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Trial
- Responses to increased rates of caesarean births.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025Article
- Individualized pelvic floor rehabilitation training on psychological and functional recovery in postpartum women with generalized anxiety disorder.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Systematic description of the development of a complex health intervention of information and support in a new pregnancy after pregnancy loss.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Parkinson's Spectrum Mechanisms in Pregnancy: Exploring Hypothetical Scenarios for MSA in the Era of ART.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Intervention strategies to prevent mental health problems and improve resilience in employed parents from conception until the child is 5 years of age: a scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Assessing mental health among students in the UAE: A cross-sectional study utilizing the DASS-21 scale.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024Article
- Educational interventions targeting pregnant women to optimise the use of caesarean section: What are the essential elements? A qualitative comparative analysis.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Non-pharmacological interventions for the management of perinatal anxiety in primary care: a meta-review of systematic reviews.BJGP open · 2023Article
- Meta-review of the barriers and facilitators to women accessing perinatal mental healthcare.BMJ open · 2023Review
- What Are The Core Symptoms of Antenatal Depression? A Study Using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 among Japanese Pregnant Women in the First Trimester.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Experiences of pregnant women with genome-wide non-invasive prenatal testing in a national screening program.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2023Article
- 'You're never pregnant in the same way again': prior early pregnancy loss influences need for health care and support in subsequent pregnancy.Human reproduction open · 2023Article
- The impact of telemental health interventions on maternal mental health outcomes: a pilot randomized controlled trial during the COVID-19 pandemic.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative examination of ways of coping.Archives of women's mental health · 2022Article
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Abstract
To assess women's views on the acceptability of and satisfaction with non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the symptoms of anxiety in pregnant women. A systematic review and narrative synthesis (Prospero protocol number CRD42015017841). Fourteen included studies were conducted in Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, UK and USA. Interventions were cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, yoga, psychological assessment, supportive and educational based interventions. Studies included women from general antenatal populations and women with anxiety or depression symptoms or risk factors for anxiety or depression. The findings were limited due to the small number of studies evaluating different types of interventions using various study methods. Some studies had too little procedural reporting to allow a full quality assessment. Women's views on the acceptability of and satisfaction with interventions were overwhelmingly positive. The review highlights women's motivations for and barriers to participation as well as the benefit women perceived from peer support and individual discussions of their situation. Interventions need to be further evaluated in randomised controlled trials. The inclusion of women's views and experiences illuminates how and why intervention components contribute to outcomes. Women's initial concerns about psychological screening and the benefit derived from peer support and individual discussion should be noted by providers of maternity care.
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