Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness based intervention program on anxiety and depressive symptoms among pregnant women. A Quasi-experimental design was used for this study. This study was conducted at antenatal outpatient clinic at El-Manial Educational University Hospital-Cairo University. A purposive sample consisted of 30 pregnant women with high risk for anxiety and depressive symptoms as confirmed by senior obstetrician according to screening sheet for high risk pregnant women. The sample was divided randomly into two groups; study and control groups (15 each). Three tools were used to collect the data for the present study; a) Personal Data Sheet; b) Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; and c) Perceived Stress Scale. The sample was divided into two groups, fifteen pregnant women as the study group and fifteen pregnant women as control group. Aconstructed mindfulness based intervention program was developed by the researchers and implemented to the study group in ten sessions that were held twice weekly, and each session ranged from 60 to 90 minutes. The main study findings revealed that, there was a statistically significant difference between study and control groups in the reduction of anxiety and depressive symptoms. The study concluded that mindfulness based intervention program was effective with pregnant women concerning the reduction of the anxiety and depression. The study recommended that, there is a great need for performing long-term follow-up in order to evaluate the effects of Mindfulness based intervention program on different pregnancy-related outcomes such as emotional well-being, postnatal depression, and mother-infant relationships.
Highlights
Pregnancy is often portrayed as a time of great joy, that's not the reality for all women
This study was conducted on thirty pregnant women to investigate the effect of mindfulness based intervention program on their anxiety and depressive symptoms
This research findings indicated that pregnant women who participating in a mindfulness-based intervention have reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms during pregnancy with statistically significant differences between experimental and control groups
Summary
Pregnancy is often portrayed as a time of great joy, that's not the reality for all women. Many women at this is time suffering from confusion, fear, stress, and even depression. American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) [1] reported that, there were 14-23% of women will struggle with some symptoms of depression during pregnancy. Pregnant women have increased subclinical depressive symptoms, even when potential pregnancy-related confounders such as appetite, somatic symptoms, and sleeping patterns are controlled. Depression is a mood disorder that affects 1 in 4 women at some point during their lifetime, and that illness can affect pregnant women. Depression is not diagnosed properly during pregnancy as it is considered another type of hormonal imbalance [3]
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