Mindfulness, Optimism, and Resilience for Perinatal Health and Equity Study
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders
In brief
Dispositional optimism (the general assumption that more good things than bad will occur across various life domains) has been tied to improved somatic and mental health outcomes. Dispositional optimism is malleable, although prior interventions have been time and resource intensive and thus are not well-tailored to the peripartum period. The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a pregnancy-oriented mindfulness phone application (Expectful) versus standard care among first-time mothers with low dispositional optimism in early pregnancy. Other aims include evaluating the impact of Expectful use on dispositional optimism, adverse pregnancy outcomes (cesarean delivery, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and gestational diabetes) and postpartum post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05840900
- Run by
- Nina Ayala
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2024-02-20
- Expected to finish
- 2026-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-08-24
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Able to provide informed consent
- English speaking
- Nulliparous (no prior delivery at or greater than 20w0d gestation)
- Pregnant with singleton fetus
- <20w0d gestation
- Low dispositional optimism (score </= 14 on the Revised Life Orientation Test)
- Owns a smart phone
You may not qualify if…
- Plan to deliver at another institution
- Ongoing (≥1/week) mind-body practice including mindfulness training, meditation or yoga
- Pre-gestational hypertensive disorder
- Pre-gestational diabetes mellitus
Where it is running
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Care Center — Providence, Rhode Island, United States (enrolling)
- Prenatal Diagnosis Center — Providence, Rhode Island, United States (enrolling)
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