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Filter by:Risky pregnant women need various physical and mental health needs, they need to be informed and supported by health personnel. Mindfulness is a non-judgmental and accepting focus of one's attention on what is happening right now. A total of 100 pregnant women (50 experimental, 50 control) are planned to be included in the study. Data will be collected with "Descriptive Information Form", "Prenatal Distress Scale (PBL)-Revised Version", "Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Scale-Revision 2" and "Prenatal Attachment Inventory". In the study, a stress reduction program (MBSR) based on mindfulness will be applied by the researcher to the pregnant women in the experimental group.
Virtual reality (VR) allows users to interact within a simulated environment using electronic devices such as a VR headset or goggles. Multiple studies with younger adults have demonstrated that VR meditation can be an important tool in reducing stress, however, this has not been studied in older adults. In this study, the investigators aim to assess the effects of a 4-week program of 15-minutes sessions, twice per week of meditation delivered through VR with the aim of evaluating its impact on stress in older adults.
Preliminary data obtained by the company Pronutri, which produces food supplements based on trace metals, suggests that food supplements containing trace metal compounds could act by reducing stress, which could result in effects on various physiological parameters. Trace elements are pure minerals essential to the functioning of our body, present in very small quantities. They have a precise and fundamental role in biological and information processes: a deficiency can lead to dysfunctions, often at the origin of our daily ailments. No scientific study has so far been carried out to measure the effects of these molecules on physiological and psychological parameters related to stress in healthy volunteers. The present study therefore aims to test the effects of these tablets containing metals and trace metals on the reduction of stress.
Almost every young person has experienced difficult situations, crises and stress in his or her life. It is difficult to cope with such situations and it is not uncommon for mental health to be affected. At the same time, those affected often do not get any help. There are too few offers of help. That is why the investigators have developed the START NOW training and the corresponding WebAPP. With this training, young people can train their resilience, i.e. their psychological resistance. Resilient people cope better with difficult situations and remain psychologically healthy for longer. Because the START NOW training is now also available as a WebAPP, users can apply it practically, playfully and at any time. Furthermore, the WebAPP can be used as a prevention and treatment option in a resource-saving and cost-efficient way in institutions. The aim is to find out in a randomized study design with two treatment conditions and a waiting group whether START NOW is effective as a newly developed WebAPP. Specifically, the investigators will investigate whether a digital web-based self-help training can already achieve positive effects or whether a format in which accompanying guidance by a coach and social learning is possible (support by a trainer who guides young people during the training) is better for achieving sustainable changes.The project is funded by the Federal Office of Justice as part of a pilot project.
Purpose: The study was conducted to examine the effect of web-based progressive muscle relaxation exercise on the perceived stress and anxiety level of nursing students who were in clinical practice for the first time. Method: This randomized controlled study was conducted at a state university in Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 66 nursing students, 36 of whom were control and 30 interventions, who were educated in the 2021-2022 academic year, were in clinical practice for the first time and agreed to participate in the research. The intervention group was asked to perform a total of 36 sessions of progressive muscle relaxation exercise, 3 days a week for 12 weeks. Data; It was collected using the "Sociodemographic Characteristics Form", "State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (DSQ)" and "Perceived Stress Inventory (PSI)".
This study aims to provide strong A-level evidence to the literature by supporting the maternal and fetal results of continuous midwife support together with saliva cortisol level measurements. As a result of this study, it is expected that women who receive intrapartum continuous midwife support and their babies have lower saliva cortisol levels than women in the control group, women who receive intrapartum continuous midwife support experience less fear, and women who receive intrapartum uninterrupted midwife support are expected to have lower intervention rates in their births. If the existing hypotheses are accepted, it is aimed to expand the practice of intrapartum continuous midwife support. Although pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period are a physiological process, it is an important source of stress brought on by physical and hormonal changes for women's life. Uninterrupted midwife support in women who will give birth is associated with more vaginal births and fewer negative birth experiences. Uninterrupted midwife care also has higher female satisfaction, less intervention and lower maintenance costs. Therefore, evidence-based practices are needed to reduce the stress level of the woman during the intraparty period. In the study, the pregnancy diagnosis form will be applied by the researcher to the pregnant women in the experimental and control group between the 28th and 36th weeks of the outpatient clinic. Visual Analog Scale will be applied to determine the Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience (W-DEQ A) Scale and birth fear in order to determine the birth fears of pregnant women in the 28th-36th week. During outpatient checks, the first saliva cortisol samples will be taken by the scholar Meserret Aslan between 8:30 and 09:00 in the morning. By Bursiyer Meserret Aslan, six hours of online pregnancy training will be given to the pregnant women in the experimental group and uninterrupted midwife support will be provided during the intrapartum period. After birth, mother and newborn saliva cortisol samples will be repeated by the scholar Meserret Aslan within the first half hour of the postpartum from the experimental and control groups. Before postpartum discharge procedures take place between 24th and 72nd hours, a sample of mother and newborn saliva cortisol will be taken and stored under appropriate conditions (Refrigerator (2-8 °C) 4 Days) by Meserret Aslan, a scholar from the experimental and control groups. The Birth Experience Scale and the wijma birth expectancy/birth experience (W-DEQ B) scale will also be applied before discharge. The world health organization's maximum acceptable cesarean section rate is 53.1%. Turkey has the highest cesarean section rate among OECD countries. There are studies that show that continuous midwife support in childbirth is useful in reducing the rate of cesarean sections. In addition, it is foreseen that reducing the stress levels of women and their babies who are offered uninterrupted midwife support will contribute to the prevention of mental illness in the postpartum period, which is one of the most fragile periods for women's mental health. Intrapartum continuous midwife support, which will facilitate adaptation to the role of mother in the postpartum period, will also contribute to the mother and baby bonding that form the basis of mental health in the future life of the baby. This study is expected to contribute to improving maternal and infant health, as well as improving public mental health. Evidence-based information will be provided to investigate saliva cortisol levels and to demonstrate the importance of intrapartum continuous midwife support in reducing stress levels of women and their babies.
Background: As major decision-maker for children's wellbeing, parents play a vital role in decisiding on a wide range of health-related issues including vaccination. Such decision-making process will be complicated by a great amount of psychosocial stressors emerging from the current pandemic. Stress can lead to various decision-making biases for children vaccination and subsequently lead to low vaccination intention amongst parents, which may hinder the progress for reaching herd immunity and end the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective risk communication intervention thus is in urgent need to address stress-induced decision-making biases for an upcoming COVID-19 vaccine for young children. Aims: This study will investigate the interrelationships among parental perceived stress, and interpretive bias toward negative vaccine-related stimuli and and vaccination intention. In addition, this study will also conduct a survey experiment to develop positive affect-based messages and test its effect on correcting stress-induced biases in vaccination decision making among parents with high mental stress level. Design and subjects: We aim to recruit parents aged 18 years or above with at least one child in our study. Participants will be recruited from our previous study through WhatsApp. Participants will be invited to read a list of vaccine-related news headlines with a mixture of positive and negative sentiments first. Then they will be asked to complete a series of assessment on their vaccination decision-making and intention. In the next phase, a survey-based experiment will be embedded in the online questionnaire to test the effect of risk communication interventions. Intervention messages will be designed based on previous qualitative study and literatures on positive psychology to simulate parents' positive mental images of COVID-19 vaccination consequences by using positive-affect visual stimuli. Main outcome measures and analysis: Participants will be invited to complete a series of assessments through online questionnaire to assess their mental stress level, negative interpretive bias on processing ambiguous vaccine information and behavioural intention for vaccinating children. Paired t-test will be used to determine negative interpretive bias between high-stress vs. low-stress parents. Structural equation modelling (SEM) will be performed to test the relationships among parental mental stress level, affect-driven decision-making constructs and vaccination intention for children. For the survey-based experiment, the effect of positive-affect messages intervention on tendency of correcting decision-making biases and COVID-19 vaccine uptake for children will be evaluated using logistic regression model with perceived stress level and intervention as the main between-group factors.
The proposed study aims to evaluate whether different features of a relaxation room affect how individuals recover from acute stress. This study will use a unique methodology to capture participants' physiological and behavioral measures through a combination of non-invasive technologies, including wearables devices, active sensors, cognitive tasks, and/or subjective questionnaires. Participants will perform a stress induction task, after which they will rest in a relaxation room. Physiological measures and cognitive performance will be recorded throughout the experiment to determine whether features of the relaxation room promote recovery after acute stress. Identifying the occurrence of stress and ways to potentially reduce the effects of stress could lead to novel interventions for helping individuals reduce work-related stress.
Randomized clinical trial that aims to evaluate the impact of the use of a diary in patients and relatives of patients admitted to an ICU in relation to usual practice in terms of health-related quality of life, the post-traumatic stress and anxiety/depression at 2, 6 and 12 months after ICU discharge.
Among the stress factors of nursing students are traumatic experiences such as death and encountering a dying patient from the first moments of their education years, fear of making mistakes in the clinic, patient care, not getting enough support from the instructor or clinic staff, and communication problems. Exposure to long-term and uncontrollable stress negatively affects students' professional identity development and health. Students who cannot cope with their stress feel stress at a higher level and as a result they may experience anxiety and depression.It is important for nurse candidates to graduate by being supported in all aspects, both in terms of individual and professional development. For this reason, nursing educators should use effective and innovative interventions to help students recognize the stress they experience and help them reduce stress. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program (MBCT) is one of these programs. Although studies with MBCT are found in the literature, our country In the literature, no randomized controlled studies were found with nursing students. In line with this information, it was thought that mindfulness-based studies were needed. This study was planned to determine the effect of MBCT program on depression, anxiety, stress and cognitive flexibility of nursing students.