Pregnancy mental well-being
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention vs control:nine-week antenatal programme with training in mindfulness through various activities such as mindful awareness of the breath, body, feelings, thoughts, and emotions
mindful body movements
and loving-kindness meditation. Participants are invited to practice mindful activities at home for 30 to 45 minutes each day versus psycho-social placebo 30 hours in total.
Two groups:Mindfulness education versus Antenatal Childbirth Education and Support (ACES).
Description:Mindfulness is a set of contemplative skills that cultivate non-judgemental moment-to-moment awareness, acceptance and non-avoidance of one’s present inner experience. Mindfulness is syste
(continue):Mindfulness-based Childbirthing & Parenting (MBCP) is a nine-week antenatal programme with training in mindfulness through various activities such as mindful awareness of the breath, body,
(continue):body scan meditation
and loving-kindness meditation. Participants are invited to practice mindful activities at home for 30 to 45 minutes each day.
(continue):The complete programme is 30 hours in total that includes 9 antenatal weekly sessions, Weekly for 10 sessions
(continue):Active Control group – Antenatal Childbirth Education and Support (ACES). This is an antenatal educational programme without the mindfulness components.
(continue):The active control is a psycho-social placebo comparable to the intervention in terms of programme structure, instructor’s contact and attention, and class activities and homework assignmen
Sponsors
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) currently with a singleton pregnancy at 14–20 weeks of gestation (intervention starts at 20–25 weeks of gestation); (2) being a resident of Hong Kong who will be living in Hong Kong for at least one year after childbirth; (3) being able to communicate in Cantonese (group sessions will be conducted in Cantonese); (4) being able to give informed consent; (5) having no previous experience with meditation; (6) having no daily practice with other mind–body techniques (e.g. yoga, tai-chi); and (7) being willing and able to attend all the sessions.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) being a woman who does not meet all of the inclusion criteria; (2) having a concurrent DSM-IV Axis diagnosis or recent diagnosis of depression during the last 12 months; and (3) currently seeing a psychiatrist or mental health professional or receiving any form of treatment for any mental condition.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-reported Mental Component Scale (MCS-12); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.SF-12; Chinese (HK specific);2. Depression measured by the validated Hong Kong Chinese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).;3. Perceived Stress measured by the self-reported Hong Kong Chinese version 14-item Global Measure of Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14);4. Mindfulness level measured by the Hong Kong Chinese version self-reported 39-item Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-C).;5.5 Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale_Eng (CES-D);6.Multidimensional Assessment of Interceptive Awareness _Eng (MAIA);7.Pain Catastrophizing Scale_Eng (PCS);8.Prenatal Pregnancy Anxiety _Eng (PPA);9.State-Trait Anxiety Inventory_Eng (STAI);10.Pain Visual Analogue Scale _Eng;11.Satisfaction with Childbirth experience; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactKatrina TSANG
JC School of Public Health & Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed