Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postpartum Clinical Trial
Official title:
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
The aim of this study is to assess a mindfulness and compassion group intervention for pregnant women and their partners (8 weeks) for the prevention, reduction and treatment of stress, negative affect and depression in pregnancy and breastfeeding. This group intervention will also be compared with a Treatment as usual (TAU) group consisting in a childbirth education class taught by the Health Center midwife. The principal hypothesis is that the mindfulness and compassion intervention will be more effective than TAU.
The aim of this study is to assess a mindfulness and compassion group intervention for
pregnant women and their partners (8 weeks) for the prevention, reduction and treatment of
stress, negative affect and depression in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
There will be two groups:
1. A face to face mindfulness and compassion intervention for pregnant women in their
second trimester of pregnancy and their partners in group format (8 weeks) based in the
Mindfulness Based Childbirth and Parenting program from Nancy Bardacke. This group will
also receive in their third trimester of pregnancy the childbirth education classes
taught by midwives (6-8 weeks) that every pregnant woman normally attends to in the
National Health Care System in Spain (TAU).
2. A control group that will receive only the childbirth education class by midwives (TAU)
group consisting in a childbirth education class taught by the Health Center midwife at
the third trimester of pregnancy.
Each group will be composed of 60 participants with a total sample of 120. The principal
hypothesis is that the mindfulness and compassion intervention will be more effective than
TAU in the decrease of stress, negative affect and depression and in the increase of positive
affect during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
The differences between the intervention and control group will be analyzed. Finally, a
qualitative study will be conducted.
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