Meditation and mindfulness reduce perceived stress in women with recurrent pregnancy loss: a randomized controlled trial

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Research question: Can participating in a tailored 7-week meditation and mindfulness programme with additional standard supportive care versus standard supportive care only reduce perceived stress for women with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL)? Design: A two-armed randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 12-month follow-up. In total 76 patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to either standard supportive care or to a 7-week meditation and mindfulness programme led by an instructor in addition to standard supportive care. Results: At intervention completion (after 7 weeks), perceived stress decreased significantly both in the intervention group (P = 0.001) and in the control group (P = 0.006). The decrease in perceived stress in the intervention group was significantly larger (P = 0.027) compared with the control group. At the 12-month follow-up perceived stress was still significantly decreased in both groups compared with baseline (P < 0.0001 in the intervention group and P = 0.002 in the control group). Conclusion: This first RCT of a tailored meditation and mindfulness intervention for women with RPL documents that a 7-week daily at-home meditation and mindfulness programme combined with group sessions reduced perceived stress significantly more than a standard supportive care programme. Future studies should address the most effective format and the ‘dose’ needed for an impact on perceived stress levels.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftReproductive BioMedicine Online
Vol/bind43
Udgave nummer2
Sider (fra-til)246-256
Antal sider11
ISSN1472-6483
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2021

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
Thank you to Kevin McLean for preparing all raw data. This work was supported by a grant from the TRYGFOUNDATION (grant number: ID 128346). The funders had no part in planning, executing or reporting the study.

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