Daily Meditation Program in Women Admitted to the Antepartum Unit

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pregnancy, High Risk, Pregnancy Related

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess whether a daily mindful meditation program for women admitted to the antepartum floor will decrease maternal state anxiety compared to routine care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03737279

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

56

Starts

2019-03-04

Expected to finish

2020-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-06-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ≥ 18 years of age
• ≥ 23.0 weeks gestation
• Planned inpatient care for > 3 days from randomization
• Women cared for by UT physicians

You may not qualify if…

• Known major lethal fetal anomalies (eg. trisomy 13, trisomy 18, anencephaly, Potter's Syndrome)
• Non-English speaking women
• Planned delivery ≤ 3 days from randomization
• Previous fetal surgery in the current pregnancy (twin twin transfusion syndrome laser ablation, spina bifida repair, etc)
• Women who have practiced a form of meditation in the current pregnancy (including yoga) in the last 4 weeks
• Women who are currently using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) (eg. sickle cell crisis)
• Admission diagnosis of ecclampsia or HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome
• Diagnosed personality disorder including borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, schizophrenia
• Diagnosed anxiety, depression, bipolar or other psychiatric illness on medications for these disorders
• Non-reassuring fetal heart tracing on admission
• Intrauterine fetal demise at randomization
• Inability to gain access to phone application

Where it is running

• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston, Texas, United States

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