The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling on Lifestyle in Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling on Lifestyle in Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. J Med Life. 2020 Apr-Jun;13(2):187-194 Authors: Farhodimoghadam M, Heydarpour S, Salari N, Jaberghaderi N Abstract The lifestyle of pregnant women has a close relationship with maternal and fetal health. In pregnant women, health-promoting behaviors lead to the promotion of quality of life and improvement of pregnancy outcomes. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of cognitive-behavioral counseling on pregnant women's lifestyle. This randomized controlled clinical trial study was performed in the health centers of Sanandaj, Iran. Seventy pregnant women were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 35) and control (n = 35) groups. The study was completed with 33 pregnant women in each group. In addition to routine pregnancy care, the control group received, the intervention group received 8 consecutive 60-90-minute counseling sessions with a cognitive-behavioral approach weekly. The Walker Health Promotion Lifestyle Questionnaire was completed before, immediately, and one month after the intervention by the participants of control and intervention groups. Data were collected from February until June 2017. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16. The mean score of lifestyle in the intervention and control group was 139.78 ± 21.71 and 142.63 ± 19.12 before the intervention, which reached 151 ± 17....
Source: Journal of Medicine and Life - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Med Life Source Type: research