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A mindfulness and compassion-based program applied to pregnant women and their partners to decrease depression symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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Effectiveness of a Mindfulness and Compassion Group Intervention Applied to Pregnant Women and Their Partners to Decrease Stress, Negative Affect and Depression During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding. Controlled and Randomized Study
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Patient-reported assessment of compassion in Spanish: a systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- The Impact of Mindfulness-Based Counseling on the Mental Health of Women With a History of COVID-19 During Pregnancy: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Brain and behavior · 2024Trial
- Chinese version of the labour ward job satisfaction scale for midwives: translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric validation.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Postpartum depression and the moderating role of empathy on child physiological reactivity.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Observational
- Evaluation of a child abuse prevention program for unmarried mothers in South Korea: a single-case experimental design.Child health nursing research · 2024Article
- Exploring factors associated with complete mental health of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.Midwifery · 2023Article
- Compassion in Spanish-speaking health care: A systematic review.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Body Image Dissatisfaction as a Risk Factor for Postpartum Depression.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- The association between family relationships and depressive symptoms among pregnant women: A network analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPregnancy and the postpartum period are times of great change for women and their partners, often bringing substantial challenges and stress. Approximately 10%-20% of women suffer from mood disorders such as depression in the perinatal period. There are risks involved in using psychopharmacological interventions to treat perinatal depression. Mindfulness and compassion-based educational programs could be efficacious and cost-effective options for the prevention and treatment of perinatal mood disorders. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of an adapted Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) program that includes compassion training for pregnant women in primary care (PC) settings in the Spanish National Health System to decrease perinatal depression.
methodsA multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted. Participants will be pregnant women (n = 122) and their partners who wish to participate. They will be enrolled and assessed in PC settings and randomly assigned to either: (1) an adapted MBCP educational program tailored to the Spanish National Health System + treatment as usual (TAU); or (2) TAU only. The main outcome to be assessed will be depression, evaluated with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Secondary outcomes will include self-reported measures of perceived stress, affects, mindfulness, self-compassion, maternal self-efficacy, and use of health and social services. Patients will be assessed at four timepoints: baseline; post-treatment; and at three and six months after childbirth. Intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses will be carried out using linear regression mixed models. Effect sizes will be estimated using Cohen's d. DISCUSSION: Perinatal depression is a significant health problem. An effective and low-cost childbirth education program that incorporates mindfulness and compassion practices may be a beneficial preventive complementary healthcare modality for expectant women and their partners. This study will be the first multicenter RCT in Spanish PC settings using adapted MBCP and compassion practices to reduce symptoms of depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03247491. Registered on 31 July 2017.
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