Guided Imagery on the Perceived Stress Level in High-Risk Pregnancies

Nursel Alp Dal128 enrolled

Overview

This research was conducted to identify the effect of the practice of Guided Imagery on the perceived stress level in high-risk pregnancies.

Designed as a prospective randomized single-blind trial, the research was performed with the participation of a total of 128 women who had high-risk pregnancies and received inpatient treatment on 1 February - 1 May 2021 at the perinatology service of a maternity and children's hospital located in the Anatolian side of Istanbul province of Turkey (64 pregnant women in the experimental group, 64 pregnant women in the control group).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

128

Conditions

High Risk Pregnancy

Interventions

guided imageryBEHAVIORAL

guided imagery

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria:• Having a high-risk pregnancy * Being aged 18 years or above * Agreeing to participate in the study * Being literate in Turkish Exclusion Criteria: * The pregnant women who voluntarily wanted to leave the research at any stage after being included in the study, could not communicate verbally, had a visual or hearing disorder, and were previously diagnosed with a psychiatric disease were excluded from the research

Locations (1)

Munzur University

Tunceli, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Perceived Stress Scale.

Evaluation of the stress level of pregnant women with the Perceived Stress Scale. Comprised of 14 items in total, the scale was designed to measure the extent to which circumstances in one's life are perceived as stressful. The respondents evaluate the items based on a five-point Likert scale that is scored from '0: Never' to '4: Very Often'. Seven positively-stated items are reverse scored. The minimum and maximum scores to be obtained from the scale are successively 0 and 56 points. A high score obtained from the scale indicates that the respondent has high-level stress perception.

Time frame: • The first practice of guided imagery was performed face-to-face with pregnant women. At the end of 20 minutes, the pregnant women's stress levels were reevaluated by using the Perceived Stress Scale.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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