The effects of stress inoculation training on perceived stress in pregnant women

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 2977-2982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahboubeh Khorsandi ◽  
Katayon Vakilian ◽  
Bahman Salehi ◽  
Maryam Torabi Goudarzi ◽  
Mansour Abdi
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Stress Inoculation ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Coping Skill ◽  
Stress Inoculation Training ◽  
Coping Skill Training ◽  
The Mean

A total of 64 pregnant women were assigned into two groups of cases and controls. Both groups filled out the Perceived Stress Scale at pre-test. Cognitive-behavioral coping skill training was delivered to the case group. After the end of the intervention, both groups completed the same scale again. The results showed that the mean perceived stress of the cases and controls was 27.77 ± 6.033 and 18.97 ± 3.268, respectively ( p = 0.001). Therefore, midwives are recommended to plan educational interventions to decrease perceived stress in pregnant women.

scholarly journals Comparison of Salivary Alpha-Amylase, Sialic Acid, and pH in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Subjects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoomeh Shirzaiy ◽  
Zohreh Dalirsani
Keyword(s):  
Sialic Acid ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Third Trimester ◽  
The Third ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Salivary Ph ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Objectives During pregnancy, systemic physiological alterations lead to some changes in the oral cavity, which could prepare the mouth environment for oral and dental problems. This study was aimed to investigate salivary α-amylase, sialic acid levels, and pH levels in pregnant and nonpregnant females. Materials and Methods In this analytical, case–control study, unstimulated saliva samples were collected with spiting method from 35 pregnant women (case group) and 35 nonpregnant women (control group) and transferred to the laboratory to assess salivary α-amylase, sialic acid, and pH levels. Data were analyzed by SPSS (version: 19) software through statistical methods of independent t-test and analysis of variance. Results The mean sialic acid levels were 2.285 ± 1.230 mg/dL in pregnant and 2.744 ± 1.326 in nonpregnant women without any significant difference (p = 0.138). The mean salivary α-amylase concentrations were 2.461 ± 1.869 U/L and 2.439 ± 2.058 U/L, respectively, in pregnant and nonpregnant women, with no significant difference (p = 0.963).The mean salivary pH in nonpregnant women was significantly more than that in pregnant women (7.845 ± 0.430 and 6.868 ± 0.413, respectively) (p < 0.001). Also, the mean salivary pH levels in pregnant women were 7.474 ± 0.420 in the first trimester, 6.868 ± 0.413 in the second trimester, and 6.568 ± 0.387 in the third trimester, which were significantly different (p < 0.001). Conclusion Salivary sialic acid and α-amylase levels among pregnant women were no different from those of other subjects. During pregnancy, the salivary pH significantly reduced, and the mean salivary pH during pregnancy had a decreasing trend from the first trimester to the third trimester.

scholarly journals A Comparison between the Effectiveness of Social-Educational Inoculation Program Based on the Islamic Approach and Stress Inoculation Training on the Lifestyle of Second-Grade High School Female Students with Risky Behavior in Yazd City

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afsar Sadrabad ◽  
Faramarz Sohrabi ◽  
Esmail Sadipor ◽  
Ali Delavar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Stress Inoculation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Stress Inoculation Training ◽  
Statistical Population

Introduction: Risky behaviors and unhealthy lifestyles are significantly associated with mortality of adolescents. So, this study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of social-educational inoculation program based on the Islamic approach and stress inoculation training on the lifestyle of second-grade high school female students with risky behaviors in Yazd. Methods: This study was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design, in which two experimental groups and one control group were investigated. The statistical population included all high school female students studying in Yazd in the academic year of 2015-2016. The participants included 54 female students with risky behaviors, who were categorized into three groups using the multistage random sampling method. Then, the groups were randomly selected as the experimental and control groups. The educational interventions were conducted in 12 sessions of one hour and 15 minutes once a week during three months. Data collection instruments were the scale of risky behaviors (Zadeh Mohammadi et al.) and lifestyle questionnaire (Laali et al.). Lifestyle questionnaires were completed by students before and after training. Data were analyzed by SPSS20 using covariance and LST. Results: The pretest mean scores of lifestyle in the experimental group with social-educational inoculation program based on the Islamic approach was 140/77, with stress inoculation training was 139.27, and the mean score of the control group was 141.55.I In posttest, these mean scores were 156.83, 139.22, and 140.94, respectively. The results showed that the lifestyle mean scores improved in participants who attended the social-educational inoculation program based on Islamic approach (sig= 0/001). However, the participants who attended the stress inoculation training did not have any significantly difference in this regard (sig=0/085).

Impact of Assisted Reproductive Technology on Embryonic Health Screening Tests: A Case-Control Study

2020 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirin Soltani ◽  
Akbar Karimi ◽  
Zahra Khashavi ◽  
Nasibeh Roozbeh
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Techniques ◽  
Screening Tests ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Second Trimester ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Reproductive Techniques ◽  
The Mean

Background: More than one million children throughout the world are born by using fertility techniques. In this process, human intervention and laboratory conditions may have an impact on the growth and development of the fetus. Objectives: The present study aimed to consider the effect of assisted reproductive techniques on the results of embryonic health screening tests. Methods: In this case-control study, among clients who went to the Infertility Center of the Ome Leila Hospital in Bandar Abbas Province, we selected 200 pregnant women who were impregnated via assisted reproductive techniques as the case group and 200 natural pregnant women as the control group by sample random sampling. Checklists were filled out and data analyzed by the SPSS version 21 and chi-square tests by using an interview with pregnant women and investigating the embryonic screening tests. Results: Most of the participants in the study were housewives and had primary infertility. Their BMI was normal. There was no significant difference between the final results of the embryonic screening test in the two groups at the first trimester (P > 0.05). However, in the second trimester, there was a significant difference between them. The positive results were higher in the case group in comparison with the control group (P = 0.001). The mean of all types of screening tests in the first trimester in both groups was not different, significantly (P < 0.05), although in the second trimester, the mean of all the testis, including BHCG (P = 0.006) and AFP (P = 0.018) in both case and control groups, was significantly different. The mean of BHCG and AFP was higher in the case group, while the mean of Estradiol and Inhibin, NB, and NT were not really different (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Our study showed that embryonic screening tests, particularly the BHCG and AFP tests, would be affected by applying the assisted reproductive techniques. For the couples who had a history of infertility and used reproductive methods, screening tests are essential in the first and second trimester.

scholarly journals Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy-based counseling on perceived stress in pregnant women with history of primary infertility: a controlled randomized clinical trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farideh Golshani ◽  
Shirin Hasanpour ◽  
Mojgan Mirghafourvand ◽  
Khalil Esmaeilpour
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Primary Infertility ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background Given the prevalence of infertility and consequences of stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy and after childbirth, this study aimed to determine the effect of group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based counseling on perceived stress (primary outcome), anxiety, depression, and quality of life (QoL) of pregnant women with a history of primary infertility. Method This controlled randomized clinical trial was conducted on 56 pregnant women with a history of primary infertility referred to Infertility Clinic of Al-Zahra Teaching Hospital of Tabriz. The participants were divided into the intervention (n = 28) and control (n = 28) groups using block randomization. The intervention group received group CBT-based counseling after the 14th week of the pregnancy: six in-person sessions and two telephone sessions once per week. The control group received routine care. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Van den Bergh’s Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire (PRAQ), and Quality of Life in Pregnancy (Gravidarum) (QOL-GRAV) were completed through interviews before and 4 weeks after the intervention by the researcher. Results There was not any between-group difference in socio-demographic characteristics, except the gestational age and husband educational level (p > 0.05). Both of these variables were adjusted in ANCOVA. After the intervention, the mean scores of perceived stress (mean difference: − 7.3; confidence interval: 95%, from − 0.9 to − 5.6; p < 0.001) and anxiety (mean difference:-14.7; confidence interval: 95%. from − 20.6 to - 8.8; p < 0.001) were significantly lower in the intervention group. The mean depression score in the intervention group was lower than the control; however, this between-group difference was not significant (mean difference: − 1.95; confidence interval: 95% from − 3.9 to 0.2; p = 0.052). The mean score of quality of life in pregnancy was significantly higher in the intervention group than the control (mean difference: − 5.4; confidence interval: 95% from 3.4 to 7.4; p < 0.001). Conclusion CBT counseling can affect the perceived stress, anxiety, and quality of life of pregnant women with a history of primary infertility. As a result, this counseling approach is recommended along with other counseling approaches to improve the mental health of pregnant women with a history of infertility. Trial registration IRCT Registration Number: IRCT20111219008459N12, registered on 10/11/ 2018.

scholarly journals Coping skill training and family health education against anxiety in prevention substance abuse in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Nita Sukamti ◽  
Budi Anna Keliat ◽  
Mustikasari .
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
P Value ◽  
Coping Skill ◽  
Coping Skill Training

Adolescents are vulnerable to get anxiety and it can affect to substance use. Coping skill training and family health education are mental nursing intervention that is expected to overcome anxiety. The goals of the research to determine the influence of coping skill training and family health education against anxiety in Junior High School. The research design is quasi-experimental pre-posttest with control group and 87 students in Junior High School was chosen by using purposive sampling technique then continued with cluster random sampling. Respondents were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 get nursing intervention and group 2 get nursing intervention, coping skills training, and family health education. The results showed decrease of anxiety that not significant after nursing intervention (p value > 0.05), and significantly decrease of anxiety after the coping skill training and family health education (p value < 0,05). Coping skill training and family health education is recommended to decrease anxiety in adolescent.  

The Effect of Antenatal Class Plus Coping Skill Training on the Level of Stress and Childbirth Self-Efficacy

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 3329-3333 ◽  
Author(s):  
. Runjati ◽  
Hardhono Susanto ◽  
Dian Ratna Sawitri ◽  
Syarief Thaufik
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Coping Skill ◽  
Coping Skill Training

scholarly journals Association of Serum C-reactive Protein in Preeclampsia and its Effect on Fetal Birth Weight – A Case Control Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahanaj Sharmin ◽  
Shahanara Chy ◽  
Diadrul Alam ◽  
Nasreen Banu ◽  
Fahmida Rashid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Control Study

Objective(s): The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) in preeclampsia (PE) and its effect on fetal birth weight.Materials and methods: This case control study was conducted in Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh, from July 2013 to June 2014. Study population was pregnant women of third trimester with preeclampsia (case group) and normal blood pressure (control group). The maternal serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were measured by immune turbidometric assay between 32 weeks to term. The women were divided into three groups: mild PE, severe PE (according to ACOG criteria) and normal healthy group. The value of CRP and its correlation with birth weight was compared between groups.Results: One hundred and fifty (150) pregnant women were analyzed. Among them 50 were case and 100 control. There was no difference between age of the patients of both groups. The mean systolic blood pressure was 148.40 ± 12.35 mm Hg in case and 122.15 ± 6.44 mmHg in control group. The mean diastolic blood pressure was 100.00 ± 9.74 mmHg in case and 74.05 ± 5.97 mmHg for the control. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure was significantly higher in preeclamptic group (P < 0.000). C-reactive protein was 10.28 ± 7.25 mg/ mL in mild PE and 10.94 ± 6.32 mg/mL in severe PE and 3.45 ± 1.71 mg/mL in normotensive group, which was significantly higher in case than control group (P = 0.000). Preeclamptic women delivered at a significantly shorter gestational age than normal pregnant women. Mean gestational age during delivery for the case group and control group was 39.02 ± 1.6 and 39.58 ± 0.8 weeks respectively. Mean birth weight in PE (2.52 ± 0.42 kg) was significantly lower than normal pregnancies (2.88 ± 0.29 kg). The sensitivity and specificity of CRP were 68% and 98% respectively. Multiple regression analysis showed that there is a strong association between CRP levels and PE and birth weight.Conclusion: This small study showed that in case group CRP was raised in 68% cases which is much higher in comparison to healthy control group where CRP was high only in 2% cases. High CRP has association with low birth weight. Therefore, CRP may be used as cost effective investigation to identify the risk of preeclampsia and its effect on fetal birth weight.Bangladesh J Obstet Gynaecol, 2016; Vol. 31(2) : 75-80

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