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

August 25, 2021 updated by: Nursel Alp Dal

Effect of the Practice of Guided Imagery on the Perceived Stress Level in High-Risk Pregnancies: Randomized Single-Blind Trial

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

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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

Enrollment (Actual)

128

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Merkez
      • Tunceli, Merkez, Turkey, 62002
        • Munzur University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Guided İmagery
• participants were given one session of guided imagery.
Behavioral: guided imagery
guided imagery
No Intervention: control group
No intervention was applied on the control group patients.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Perceived Stress Scale.
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.
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.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Nursel Alp Dal

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 18, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 23, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

August 25, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 31, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 25, 2021

Last Verified

August 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MunzurUn

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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