The effect of group education on the anxiety of pregnant women at risk of preterm delivery

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20181214041965N1

Enrollment

Registered

2019-02-06

Start date

2018-12-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-02-25

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Conditions

Preterm labour. Preterm labour without delivery

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group:In this study, McNamara anxiety management is used in six one-hour sessions during six weeks, when pregnant mothers at risk of preterm delivery receive educational i

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Iranian Resident in Tehran With lowest literacy of reading and writing Willingness to participate in the research Single and live fetus Gestational age between 24 and 28 weeks Scores 10 or more of 10 from Holbrook risk-scoring for preterm labour questionnaire Having anxiety score (17-119) on the Vanden Berg anxiety scale

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having drug addiction History of mental illness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Anxiety. Timepoint: before, the end of the 6th session and one month after the end of the session in the intervention group and before the 6th and 10th week after the study in the control group. Method of measurement: Pregnancy Related Anxiety Questionnaire Vanden Berg.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactSomayeh Bazrafshan

Iran University of Medical Sciences

bazrafshan.somayeh@gmail.com+98 21 4365 1000

Outcome results

None listed

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