The effect of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on self-efficacy of pregnant women in adapting to normal vaginal delivery

Cognitive therapy training reduces the negative thoughts of pregnant women and increases the likelihood adapting to normal delivery. 

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of mindfullness based cognitive therapy on the self-efficacy of pregnant women in adapting to with normal vaginal delivery.

This research was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with a control group. The statistical population includes all pregnant women reffering to Kamali Hospital and Karaj Health centers affiliated to the Alborz University of Medical Sciences from January 2020 to July 2020 and the sample includes 80 pregnant women who selected by purposeful sampling method. Both groups completed the CBSEI-Standard Birth self-efficacy questionnaire before and immediately after the intervention. Data analyzed with Covariance by SPSS-25.

The mean self-efficacy for delivery adjustment increased from 2.99 in the pre-test to 3.08 in the post-test in the control group and in the intervention group from 1.92 to 4.06. After the intervention, a statistically significant increase was observed in the mean score of self-efficacy in coping with normal delivery in pregnant women in the intervention group  (P<0.05) and the effect of the intervention was 0.379.

Cognitive therapy based Mindfulness training increased the self- efficacy of pregnant women in adapting to normal vaginal delivery.