The Comparison Narrative Writing and Art Therapy on Maternal Stress

The Comparison Effect of Narrative Writing and Art Therapy on Maternal Stress in Neonatal Intensive Care Settings

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2016020926478N1

Enrollment

105

Registered

2016-04-03

Start date

2016-04-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Stress. F43.1

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: In the art therapy group mothers will complete the parenting stress of mothers questionnaire in the second day of hospitalization of their infant. And they are d

Behavior

Treatment - Drugs

Intervention group 1: In the art therapy group mothers will complete the parenting stress of mothers questionnaire in the second day of hospitalization of their infant. And they are drawing at least

Intervention group 2: In the narrative writing group mothers will complete the parenting stress of mothers questionnaire in the second day of hospitalization of their infant. And then they are writing

Control group: Mothers of control group will complete the the parenting stress questionnaire in the second day of hospitalization of infants and at last they will asked that complete the parenting

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria were: having an infant less than 38 gestational age with at least one day of hospitalization in NICU, Mothers who are literate, Mothers ‘ neonate with at least six days hospitalization in the NICU, Mothers who do at least three times during the five-day narrative writing and art therapy , not having another child with the history of hospitalization in the NICU, not having sick children at home, not having a severe stressful problem in the last 2 months, not having a history of psychedelic and drug use ,being present in NICU at least three times a week. Mothers’ exclusion criteria included: Narrative writing and art therapy less than three times a week,infant death, less than 6 days of infant’s hospitalization and lack of interest in continue in the research .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Stress. Timepoint: 2rd day, 6 th day. Method of measurement: Parental Stressor Scale.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactNegarin Akbari

Shahroud University of Medical Sciences

negarin@shmu.ac.ir+98 23 3239 5054

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026