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Investigating the Effect of Educational-psychological Support Counseling on Stress and Anxiety and Self-esteem

Investigating the Effect of Educational-psychological Support Counseling on Stress and Anxiety and Self-esteem in Women Hospitalized for Abortion treatment

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20220820055747N1
Enrollment
100
Registered
2022-11-22
Start date
2022-11-26
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-02-07

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Conditions

Abortion.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: In this study, educational-psychological support counseling is used for the counseling of the intervention group, which is done in two counseling sessions, one sess

Sponsors

Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All the women applying for abortion treatment to Kerman forensic medicine, whose fetuses have congenital abnormalities, after introducing the forensic medicine to three specialist doctors and the approval of these three specialists, succeeded in receiving abortion treatment license according to the instructions of the forensic medicine organization. The ability to speak and understand the Persian language Being literate in reading and writing Not having a history of known mental illnesses or taking neuropsychiatric drugs Pregnancy is desired Be of Iranian race In this study, the patient's gravidity is not considered

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Samples who had used consulting services outside the research during the study. Samples who suffered stressful events in their lives during the six months before the abortion until the end of the study. Absence in more than one counseling session

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Stress and anxiety score in DASS questionnaire. Timepoint: before the start of the intervention and immediately after its completion. Method of measurement: DASS stress and anxiety questionnaire.;Self-esteem in the Rosenberg questionnaire. Timepoint: before the start of the intervention and immediately after its completion. Method of measurement: Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactFarzaneh YarAhmadi

Kerman University of Medical Sciences

farzanehyarahmadi@yahoo.com+98 916 248 4194

Outcome results

None listed

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