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ArticleJMIR formative research2026

Feasibility and Acceptability of Just Breathe, A Novel Handheld Mindful Breathing Device, for Postpartum Stress: Pilot, Single-Arm Pre-Post Study.

Sarai K Sales, Stephanie D Nunez, Lindsay Spratt, Tracy L Jackson, Janet L Rousseau, Crystal F Ware, Kristopher L Britton, Margaret H Bublitz, Nina K Ayala, Adam K Lewkowitz

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Article in JMIR formative research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Sarai K SalesDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7079-9394
Stephanie D NunezDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0009-0007-2403-241X
Lindsay SprattDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0009-0005-3408-9693
Tracy L JacksonDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1323-1337
Janet L RousseauDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0009-0008-1387-3181
Crystal F WareDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5069-2488
Kristopher L BrittonBrown School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0009-0002-0647-5747
Margaret H BublitzDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8765-7846
Nina K AyalaDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8737-407X
Adam K LewkowitzDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8706-1409

Funding

Mechanisms of mindfulness training to prevent hypertensive disorders of pregnancyR01HL157288 · NHLBI · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · PI BUBLITZ, MARGARET · 2021 to 2025
$2.8M
Effect of a technology-based collaborative care model on persistent hypertension and preventive careattendance among postpartum people with hypertensive disorders of pregnancyR01HD116695 · NICHD · WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL-RHODE ISLAND · PI Adam Korrick Lewkowitz · 2024 to 2026
$2.2M
Mechanisms of mindfulness training to reduce maternal and infant cardiovascular disease riskR01HL172869 · NHLBI · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI Margaret Bublitz · 2024 to 2026
$1.8M
A novel app-based cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for preventing postpartum depressionK23HD103961 · NICHD · WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL-RHODE ISLAND · PI LEWKOWITZ, ADAM KORRICK · 2021 to 2025
$899k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL157288NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL172869NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD103961NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD116695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among newly postpartum people, the novel Just Breathe guided breathing device showed high user satisfaction scores and self-perceived reductions in stress, although the Cohen d effect on heart rate variability and stress or anxiety symptoms as measured by validated psychometric scales was minimal.

Indexed as

Breathing ExercisesMindfulnessPostpartum PeriodStress, PsychologicalAdultFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansPilot ProjectsPsychometricsdigital healthheart rate variabilitymindful breathingpostpartum anxietypostpartum stress

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PMID41759091
PMCPMC12988350

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