Postpartum Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
postpartum anxiety, biofeedback, diaphragmatic breathing
Brief summary
This is a two-group pretest-posttest, triple-blinded and randomized controlled trial examining the effects of a biofeedback-assisted diaphragmatic breathing training on postpartum anxiety. This study will include full-term postpartum women, aged from 20 to 49, who experienced anxious symptoms with State Anxiety Inventory (A-State) scored 40 or more at the first postpartum day. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n = 64) or a control group (n = 64). The experimental group will undergo the diaphragmatic breathing training assisted with StressEraser to breath slowly 4-6 times per minute and practice 15 minutes twice daily. Participants in the control condition receive postpartum usual care. The outcome measures include anxiety measured by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the physiological parameters expressed by blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR). Measurements will be taken at the first postpartum day and one month postpartum. We except this breathing training design is able to improve women's postpartum anxiety, and in turn improve their physio-psychological health, breastfeeding and baby care skills.
Detailed description
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Interventions
BEHAVIORALExperimental group
Diaphragmatic Breathing Training
Sponsors
Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to 49 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* full-term postpartum women * aged from 20 to 49 * STAI-S scored 40 or more at the first postpartum day
Exclusion criteria
* newborn with severe illness or stillbirth * maternal suicide or self-harm * drug use: sedatives, hypnotics or antipsychotic drugs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Postpartum anxiety | Baseline: postpartum day 1-3 | Assessments using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State (STAI-S) for self-reported anxiety symptoms |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heart rate | Baseline: postpartum day 1-3 | Assessments using A&D sphygmomanometer (Model 767Plus, A&D Co., LTD., Japan) for heart rate |
| Blood pressure | Baseline: postpartum day 1-3 | Assessments using A&D sphygmomanometer (Model 767Plus, A&D Co., LTD., Japan) for systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed