Childbirth Education Pilot Study

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Conditions studied: Pregnancy, Anxiety

In brief

This study aims to investigate the effects of mindfulness training on prenatal maternal anxiety using a randomized controlled trial (RCT). An RCT of mindfulness training for prenatal anxiety has distinct clinical and scientific advantages. The investigators will use the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) intervention in this study to build on previous findings by focusing on anxiety in pregnancy while also teaching mindfulness skills shown to promote positive childbirth appraisals and sensitive parenting through mindful parenting skills that have been shown to be linked to maternal-infant stress physiology in other work. This study will enroll pregnant women with elevated anxiety (N = 60) who will be randomly assigned to the MBCP condition (n = 30) or an active control condition (a treatment as usual (TAU) condition; n = 30) which is a standard childbirth education class. Mothers will be assessed pre- and post-intervention and postpartum. Infant multi-modal neuroimaging will occur at age 1 month, at home questionnaire follow-up will occur at age 3 months, and a behavioral observation of parenting and child social-emotional functioning will occur at age 12 months. The hypothesis is that there will be greater benefits from MBCP relative to TAU controls, and enhanced connectivity between the amygdala and relevant cortico-limbic areas in from MBCP relative to TAU controls.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT04327557
Run by
University of Wisconsin, Madison
People needed
60
Starts
2019-07-02
Expected to finish
2027-11-01
Last updated by the study team
2026-02-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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