The Effect of Mindfulness Compassionate Living Training on Unwanted Pregnancies
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Brief Summary
This study will be conducted as a single-blind, randomized controlled trial with pregnant women who do not want or plan a pregnancy and do not intend to terminate it, and who apply for pregnancy examination at the Obstetrics and Gynecology outpatient clinic of a training and research hospital in Turkey. Data will be collected at the Obstetrics and Gynecology outpatient clinic of the Training and Research Hospital in Ağrı between March 2026 and June 2026. The study population will consist of pregnant women aged 18 to 45 who apply to the Obstetrics and Gynecology outpatient clinic during the specified period, and who have an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy. The sample size was calculated using the GPower computer program. Using power analysis at the α=0.05 level, the effect size was calculated as 150, 153 (d=0.8) and the study power as 90%, indicating that at least 68 pregnant women should be included in the sample. Pregnant women who meet the research criteria and agree to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. The study will use a pregnancy profile form prepared by the researcher in accordance with the literature, containing socio-demographic data of pregnant women who applied to the Obstetrics and Gynecology outpatient clinic; the Self-Acceptance Scale for Pregnant Women (SAPS) to determine the pregnant woman's level of self-acceptance; the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) to evaluate the symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress; and the Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCI-S) to evaluate self-compassion.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Mar 2026
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 28, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 5, 2026
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
March 15, 2026
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 15, 2026
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 15, 2026
ExpectedMarch 5, 2026
February 1, 2026
3 months
February 28, 2026
February 28, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Pregnant Women's Information Form
Developed by researchers, this form consists of 12 questions covering the socio-demographic (7 questions) and obstetric (5 questions) characteristics of pregnant women.
up to 1 day
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Self-Acceptance Scale for Pregnant Women (SAMS)
up to 1 day
Other Outcomes (2)
Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASÖ-21)
up to 1 day
Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCI-K)
up to 1 day
Study Arms (8)
Session 1: How We Evolved - Threat, Impulse, and Soothing Systems
EXPERIMENTAL• A "breath break with kindness" is practiced. • Encourage them to think about how threat, impulse and sedative systems have developed in their own lives. • A "safe place" application is made. • "Courtesy meditation" is done.
Session 2: Threat and Self-Compassion
EXPERIMENTAL• A "breath break with kindness" is practiced. • "Building a compassionate relationship with resilience" and "kindness meditation: a benevolent" practices are made. • "A hand on your heart" and "a compassionate comrade" practices are made.
Session 3: Unraveling the Knots of Desire and Patterns Agenda
EXPERIMENTAL• Talk about homework. • A "breath break with kindness" is practiced. • "Establishing a compassionate relationship with desire", "guided meditation to discover the inner pattern", "courtesy meditation: a good friend" practices are made.
Session 4: Internalizing compassion
EXPERIMENTAL• "Pretend-to-pretend" practice is made for participants to observe themselves. • In addition to the previous practices, the practice of "internalizing compassion" is made in order to increase their expanded mindfulness. • Courtesy meditation: a neutral person", "kindness towards your body", which is based on mindfulness practices and increases body awareness and mindful movement, is carried out. During the day, they will be informed that they should do the "walking with kindness" practice on their own.
Session 5: Me and others - Expanding the circle
EXPERIMENTAL• A "compassionate letter" application is made by asking participants to think about a situation they encountered recently or some time ago and is still causing distress. It is explained that they can gain insight with this application. • "Courtesy meditation: the 'difficult' person", "compassion and breathing: yourself" and "compassionate breathing: others" practices are made
Session 6: Growing happiness
EXPERIMENTAL• "Revisiting the good" practice is carried out to define the five sense organs for the participants. • "Forgiveness", "Asking for forgiveness", "forgiving others", "gratitude" practices are carried out. • The practice is expanded as "kindness meditation: groups and all beings".
Session 7: Weaving Wisdom and Compassion into Daily Life
EXPERIMENTAL• Participants are made to choose a day in their life and allow a few minutes to pause in a mindful way. • "A breather for wise and compassionate action", "calmness meditation" and "joy sharing meditation" practices are carried out.
Session 8: Living with the Heart
EXPERIMENTAL• The participants are told about the applications that they can apply for, where they need help to develop compassion towards self-healing skills, and the whole training is evaluated. • The "river of life" application, which evaluates mindfulness in depth, is carried out. • An overall summary of the 8-session study is made and feedback is received.
Interventions
The practice of "Breath break with kindness" will be applied for 5 minutes. Afterwards, 15 minutes of information on threats, impulses and soothing systems, "A safe place" application for 11 minutes, "Courtesy meditation" for 10 minutes. After each application, 10 minutes of feedback will be received from the participants.
The practice of "breathing with kindness" will be done for 7 minutes. The practice of "Building a compassionate relationship with resilience" will be held for 12 minutes, and the practice of "Kindness meditation: a benevolent" will take place for 11 minutes. "A hand over your heart" application will be made for 3 minutes and "A compassionate comrade" application will be done for 10 minutes. After each application, 3 minutes of feedback will be received from the participants.
The practice of "breathing with kindness" will be done for 7 minutes. "Building a compassionate relationship with desire" 12 minutes, "Guided meditation to discover the inner pattern" 10 minutes and "Courtesy meditation: a good friend" 11 minutes. Except for the "breath break with kindness" application, 3 minutes of feedback will be received from the participants after each application
The "pretend-to-be" practice for the participants to observe themselves will be made for 10 minutes. The practice of "internalizing compassion" will be done for 7 minutes, "kindness meditation: a neutral person" practice for 10 minutes, and "kindness towards your body" for 10 minutes. After each application, 3 minutes of feedback will be received from the participants.
The "a compassionate letter" practice with the participants will continue for 15 minutes. "meditation: the 'difficult' person" 8 minutes, "compassion and breathing: yourself" 10 minutes and "compassionate breathing: others" 7 minutes. A "compassionate break" application is performed for 7 minutes.
The practice of "Revisiting the good" is carried out for 10 minutes with the participants. "Forgive yourself", "wish for forgiveness", "forgive others", "gratitude" practices will be held for 5 minutes each and will take 20 minutes in total. "Courtesy meditation: groups and all beings" will be practiced for 10 minutes. After each application, 3 minutes of feedback will be received from the participants
Participants will be given 10 minutes to choose a day in their life and allow a few minutes to pause mindfully. The practice of "a breather for wise and compassionate action" is 10 minutes, the practice of "calmness meditation" is 8 minutes, and the practice of "sharing the joy meditation" is 8 minutes. After each application, 3 minutes of feedback will be received from the participants.
The participants are told about the applications they can apply for, where they need help to develop compassion towards self-healing skills, and the entire training will be evaluated for 20 minutes. The "river of life" application is carried out for 20 minutes. 10 minutes of feedback will be received after the application.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- The pregnancy must be unwanted or unplanned,
- The pregnancy must be between the ages of 18 and 45,
- The pregnancy must involve having at least one child,
- The pregnancy must involve having a smartphone and internet access,
- The pregnancy must not involve any other significant illnesses.
You may not qualify if:
- Having a diagnosis of a mental disorder,
- Having any obstacle that would impair communication,
- Being the first pregnancy,
- Being a desired pregnancy,
- Having a significant chronic illness (the presence of another disease that could pose a risk to pregnancy)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
mine Cengiz
Ataturk University
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Lecturer Physician
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 28, 2026
First Posted
March 5, 2026
Study Start
March 15, 2026
Primary Completion
June 15, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
August 15, 2026
Last Updated
March 5, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-02