Trial reportBMC pregnancy and childbirth2023
The effect of mindfulness-based counseling on the childbirth experience of primiparous women: a randomized controlled clinical trial.
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- 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
- Effect of meditation and prenatal education on fear and confidence in vaginal delivery.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Cultural adaptation, validation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of Childbirth Experience Questionnaire version 2.0 in the Spanish context.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Comparing the effect of haptonomy and CBT-based counseling on childbirth experience and postpartum depression of women with high fear of childbirth: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionUnpleasant childbirth experience is considered as one of the important factors for cesarean preference. Limited studies have been investigated the impact of psycho-based interventions on the childbirth experience and the most effective counseling approach to promote a pleasant childbirth experience has not been clearly identified.
objectiveThe present study aimed to evaluate the impact of mindfulness-based counseling on the childbirth experience of primiparous women. METHODS AND MATERIALS: This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 64 primiparous with gestational age of 32 to 34 weeks referred to the perinatology clinic of Al-Zahra and Taleghani educational-treatment hospital, affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical sciences, Iran. Participants were randomly assigned into the intervention and control groups. The intervention group received eight mindfulness-based counseling sessions. The intensity of childbirth pain with VAS (Visual Analog Scale) in the active phase of labor at 8 cm dilatation and the childbirth experience questionnaire were completed by interview after childbirth. Independent t-test and ANCOVA were used to compare the outcomes between the two groups.
resultsAfter controlling the effect of confounding variables, the mean score of childbirth experience in the intervention group was significantly higher than that in control group [Mean Difference (MD): 1.79, 95% CI: 2.52 to 1.07, P < 0.01]. The mean score of labor pain in the intervention group was significantly lower than that in the control group after controlling the effect of baseline score and confounding variables [MD: -2.21, 95% CL: -3.35 to -1.10, P < 0.001].
conclusionThe findings indicated that providing mindfulness-based counseling improves the childbirth experience and reduces labor pain during childbirth. However, further randomized clinical trials are needed before making a definitive conclusion.
trial registrationIranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT): IRCT20171007036615N9. Date of registration: 16/03/2022, 25/12/1400.
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