A Comparative Study of Mindfulness Efficiency Based on Islamic-Spiritual Schemes and Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Reduction of Anxiety and Depression in Pregnant Women
E. Aslami, A. Alipour, F. Najib, A. Aghayosefi
International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery February 25, 2017
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Semi-experimental pretest-posttest with control group Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 60 |
| Population | Pregnant women at 16 to 32 weeks of pregnancy with high anxiety or depression, recruited from a health center |
| Intervention | group cognitive behavioral therapy |
| Measures | Beck anxiety-depression questionnaire |
| Topics | Anxiety Depression Meditation |
| Key findings | Both mindfulness based on Islamic-spiritual schemas and group cognitive behavioral therapy significantly reduced anxiety and depression scores in pregnant women compared with a control group, whose scores increased. The authors report that the mindfulness-based spiritual approach was more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy. |
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background: Anxiety and depression during the pregnancy period are among the factors affecting the pregnancy undesirable outcomes and delivery. One way of controlling anxiety and depression is mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of mindfulness based on the Islamic-spiritual schemas and group cognitive behavioral therapy on reduction of anxiety and depression in pregnant women.
Methods: The research design was semi-experimental in the form of pretest-posttest using a control group. Among the pregnant women in the 16th to 32nd weeks of pregnancy who referred to the health center, 30 pregnant women with high anxiety level and 30 pregnant women with high depression participated in the research. Randomly 15 participants with high depression and 15 participants with high anxiety were considered in the intervention group under the treatment of mindfulness based on Islamic-spiritual schemes. In addition, 15 participants with high scores regarding depression and 15 with high scores in anxiety were considered in the other group. .The control group consisted of 15 pregnant women with high anxiety and depression. Beck anxiety-depression questionnaire was used in two steps of pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed using SPSS, version 20, and P≤0.05 was considered as significant.
Results: The results of multivariate analysis of variance test and tracking Tokey test showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of anxiety and depression in the two groups of mindfulness based on spiritual- Islamic scheme (P<0.001) and the group of cognitive behavioral therapy with each other (P<0.001) and with the control group(P<0.001). The mean of anxiety and depression scores decreased in the intervention group, but it increased in the control group.
Conclusion: Both therapy methods were effective in reduction of anxiety and depression of pregnant women, but the effect of mindfulness based on spiritual- Islamic schemes was more.
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| Being present in the face of existential threat: The role of trait mindfulness in reducing defensive responses to mortality salience. | 2010 | Experimental study | |
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| Intensive mindfulness training-related changes in cognitive and emotional experience Community adults | 2009 | Quasi-experimental and longitudinal | n = 69 |
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