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

NCT05021289 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: MunzurUn
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 128
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

High Risk Pregnancy

Keywords

Guided Imagery; Perceived Stress Level; High-Risk Pregnancies.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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.

  • 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.

Study Arms (2)

Guided İmagery

EXPERIMENTAL

• participants were given one session of guided imagery.

Behavioral: guided imagery

control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention was applied on the control group patients.

Interventions

guided imagery BEHAVIORAL

guided imagery

Guided İmagery

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: The research population was comprised of all women who had high-risk pregnancies and received treatment at the perinatology service of the aforementioned hospital in the above period
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being aged 18 years or above
• Agreeing to participate in the study
• Being literate in Turkish

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nursel Alp Dal: lead

Study Sites (1)

Munzur University

Tunceli, Merkez, 62002, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Imagery, Psychotherapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: care provider
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: 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 Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 18, 2021
• First Posted: August 25, 2021
• Study Start: February 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2021
• Study Completion: May 1, 2021
• Last Updated: August 31, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)