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The effect of cognitive-behavioral counseling on sleep quality of pregnant women

The effect of cognitive-behavioral counseling with/without Neroli essence on sleep quality of pregnant women: a randomised controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20120718010324N63
Enrollment
75
Registered
2021-02-13
Start date
2021-01-08
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-02-22

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Conditions

Sleep quality. Sleep disorder, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention 1: The first intervention group will receive cognitive-behavioral counseling and placebo of Neroli essence. Counseling will be provided in 8 group sessions in native language. The average
Session 2: Presenting the principles and logic of treatment, teaching the mechanism of sleep and its stages, sleep-wake cycles, predisposing, maintenance and persistence factors of insomnia, relaxatio
Session 3: Reviewing the previous treatment session, assessing the findings of the sleep report form, sleep hygiene training, and reviewing the relaxation and new sleep schedule
Session 4: Restricting sleep, preventing daily naps, evaluating thoughts and teaching how to record thoughts related to insomnia, reviewing and assessing the assignments of previous sessions (sleep re
Session 5: Summarizing thoughts, problem solving skills, reviewing the sleep report form and homework assignments and troubleshooting
Session 6: Introduce the cycle of thinking, feeling and behavior, reviewing the relaxation and teaching not to try in vain to fall asleep and apply all the instructions of the previous sessions and re
Session 7: Training the th

Sponsors

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Pregnant women with a gestational age of 20 to 24 weeks Women with poor sleep quality based on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire (score above 5) Has a minimum secondary education degree Living in Tabriz Pregnant women with a file in the health center (Sib system) No olfactory problems and sensitivity to herbal medicines according to the patient's report Achieving a depression score of 12 or lower based on the Edinburgh Depression Inventory

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Pregnant mothers with mental illnesses and a history of hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital and the use of any psychological medication based on the individual expression Mothers addicted to drugs and cigarettes according to the individual expression Mothers with high-risk pregnancies, including diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic diseases affecting pregnancy, such as cardiovascular, lung and .... Mothers with obstetrics problems including bleeding, history of preterm delivery and ...

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Sleep quality. Timepoint: Immediately and four weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Anxiety. Timepoint: Immediately and four weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire.;Quality of life. Timepoint: Immediately and four weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Quality of Life Questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactNarges Rahmani

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

nargesrahmani313@gmail.com+98 41 3341 4567

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 12, 2026