The effect of cognitive behavioral counseling on anxiety and worry level of women with intermediate risk during first trimester screening for down syndrome: a randomized controlled trial: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anxiety related to prenatal screening programs negatively affects maternal and child health.

Objective

The study aimed to determine the effect of Cognitive Behavioral Counseling on the anxiety and worry levels of women with intermediate risk during first-trimester screening for Down Syndrome.

Methods

The study was a randomized controlled trial conducted on 52 pregnant women with intermediate risk (1: 51 - 1:1500) during first-trimester screening for Down Syndrome and without additional structural anomalies that referred to three cities of Zanjan province in 2021. The eligible women were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups, with a block size of four. The intervention group received CBC in four sessions of 120 min two times a week by phone. D

SUBMITTER: Kharaghani R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472680 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature