Controlling the anxiety in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor by undergoing the counseling group intervention
Objective: The effect of a new, structured group training program on the anxiety reduction in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor (PTL) was assessed. Design: A randomized controlled clinical trial. Setting: The prenatal care center in the Gynecology Clinic of University Hospital. Populat...
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| description | Objective: The effect of a new, structured group training program on the anxiety reduction in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor (PTL) was assessed. Design: A randomized controlled clinical trial. Setting: The prenatal care center in the Gynecology Clinic of University Hospital. Population: 72 Iranian pregnant women at risk of PTL with a gestational age of 24–28 weeks. Methods: Several trained research nurses presented group educational counseling sessions for 6 weeks based on the integration of psychological instructions and interactive lectures for the intervened group (n = 36). Pregnant women in the control group (n = 36) only received routine pregnancy care. Main Outcome Measures: The completion of pregnancy-related anxiety questionnaire (PRAQ) for Iranian pregnant women at risk of PTL in the intervention (before and after 6-week counseling, and 1-month post-counseling) and control (before, and on the 6th and 10th week after the study) groups. Results: There was a significant difference in the mean anxiety score between the intervention (3.45 ± 0.75) and control (3.01 ± 0.34) groups before the group educational counseling sessions. After this intervention, a significant reduction in the mean anxiety scores of intervened pregnant women (2.48 ± 0.32) compared to the control (2.68 ± 0.81) was found. This decrease in mean anxiety score after the 1-month post-counseling was more pronounced than the 6th week after the study onset (P < 0.001). Low anxiety scores in the intervention group over time were also maintained. Conclusions: Implementing the group educational counseling sessions is recommended as a complementary, effective, and noninvasive intervention to efficiently control the anxiety in pregnant women at risk of PTL. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9cb35f65a1a743e587213175d343f6e32022-12-21T23:33:17ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632020-01-01984016402510.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1227_19Controlling the anxiety in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor by undergoing the counseling group interventionSomayeh BazrafshanMasoomeh KheirkhahMehrnoosh InanlouMahboobeh RasouliObjective: The effect of a new, structured group training program on the anxiety reduction in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor (PTL) was assessed. Design: A randomized controlled clinical trial. Setting: The prenatal care center in the Gynecology Clinic of University Hospital. Population: 72 Iranian pregnant women at risk of PTL with a gestational age of 24–28 weeks. Methods: Several trained research nurses presented group educational counseling sessions for 6 weeks based on the integration of psychological instructions and interactive lectures for the intervened group (n = 36). Pregnant women in the control group (n = 36) only received routine pregnancy care. Main Outcome Measures: The completion of pregnancy-related anxiety questionnaire (PRAQ) for Iranian pregnant women at risk of PTL in the intervention (before and after 6-week counseling, and 1-month post-counseling) and control (before, and on the 6th and 10th week after the study) groups. Results: There was a significant difference in the mean anxiety score between the intervention (3.45 ± 0.75) and control (3.01 ± 0.34) groups before the group educational counseling sessions. After this intervention, a significant reduction in the mean anxiety scores of intervened pregnant women (2.48 ± 0.32) compared to the control (2.68 ± 0.81) was found. This decrease in mean anxiety score after the 1-month post-counseling was more pronounced than the 6th week after the study onset (P < 0.001). Low anxiety scores in the intervention group over time were also maintained. Conclusions: Implementing the group educational counseling sessions is recommended as a complementary, effective, and noninvasive intervention to efficiently control the anxiety in pregnant women at risk of PTL.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=8;spage=4016;epage=4025;aulast=Bazrafshananxietygroup educational programhigh-risk pregnancypreterm delivery |
| spellingShingle | Somayeh Bazrafshan Masoomeh Kheirkhah Mehrnoosh Inanlou Mahboobeh Rasouli Controlling the anxiety in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor by undergoing the counseling group intervention Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care anxiety group educational program high-risk pregnancy preterm delivery |
| title | Controlling the anxiety in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor by undergoing the counseling group intervention |
| title_full | Controlling the anxiety in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor by undergoing the counseling group intervention |
| title_fullStr | Controlling the anxiety in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor by undergoing the counseling group intervention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Controlling the anxiety in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor by undergoing the counseling group intervention |
| title_short | Controlling the anxiety in Iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor by undergoing the counseling group intervention |
| title_sort | controlling the anxiety in iranian pregnant women at risk of preterm labor by undergoing the counseling group intervention |
| topic | anxiety group educational program high-risk pregnancy preterm delivery |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=8;spage=4016;epage=4025;aulast=Bazrafshan |
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