Impact of IBSR on Postpartum Mothers' Mental Health.

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

68 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-06-09

Study Completion Date

2025-06-30

Brief Summary

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The period of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum phase significantly impacts the mental health of women and their families. Mental health is crucial for overall well-being, quality of life, and is associated with healthcare costs. Therefore, promoting mental health should be a top priority in public health and health promotion efforts.

The Inquiry-Based Stress Reduction (IBSR) intervention, developed by Byron Katie ("The Work"), enables participants to identify and question the stressful thoughts that cause their suffering. The core of IBSR involves a contemplative "inquiry" process and a "turnaround," which is a method of experiencing the opposite of what the participant believes. This process equips individuals with skills for self-inquiry and management of stressful thoughts that can be easily integrated into daily life.

Based on previous research, we hypothesize that the IBSR intervention can improve postpartum mothers' mental health.

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Detailed Description

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In recent years, there is growing evidence regarding the effectiveness of population-based mental health promotion interventions. Developing social and emotional skills such as improved self-esteem, sense of control and self-efficacy, self-acceptance, purpose in life, positive relationships with others, problem-solving, and coping skills has been shown to improve mental health and contribute to psychological well-being. According to the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE, 2021), interventions to promote mental health can be classified into eight priority areas. The first priority is to promote the mental health of infants and mothers by focusing on social and emotional development and positive mental health in early childhood development services, including prenatal care, home visits, and parenting programs. The healthcare system today faces the challenge of gaining a better understanding of the mechanisms that allow women to develop and maintain positive mental health in the postpartum period and understanding how these mechanisms are sustained over time.

The Inquiry-Based Stress Reduction (IBSR) intervention, developed by Byron Katie ("The Work"), enables participants to identify and question the stressful thoughts that cause their suffering. The core of IBSR involves a contemplative "inquiry" process and a "turnaround," which is a method of experiencing the opposite of what the participant believes. This process equips individuals with skills for self-inquiry and management of stressful thoughts that can be easily integrated into daily life. Based on previous research, we hypothesize that the IBSR intervention can improve postpartum mothers' mental health.

Conditions

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Postpartum Mothers

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Inquiry Based Stress Reduction

Inquiry Based Stress Reduction (IBSR) program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Inquiry Based Stress Reduction (IBSR)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The 8-week IBSR program is a clinical intervention based on "The Work" method, developed by Byron Katie and run in the US and Europe for 35 years. The IBSR intervention will involve weekly group meetings (3 hours/meeting) throughout 8 weeks. Home practice between sessions will be supported by facilitator assistants (1-hour session per week). All sessions will be standardized according to the IBSR certification program guidelines and will be assessed to maintain consistency in the program, as in previous studies. .

Control group

Postpartum mothers who are randomly assigned to not receive the Inquiry-Based Stress Reduction (IBSR) intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Inquiry Based Stress Reduction (IBSR)

The 8-week IBSR program is a clinical intervention based on "The Work" method, developed by Byron Katie and run in the US and Europe for 35 years. The IBSR intervention will involve weekly group meetings (3 hours/meeting) throughout 8 weeks. Home practice between sessions will be supported by facilitator assistants (1-hour session per week). All sessions will be standardized according to the IBSR certification program guidelines and will be assessed to maintain consistency in the program, as in previous studies. .

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Mothers up to two years after giving birth, between the ages of 18 and 45 (at the time of birth), without a history of mental disorders or illnesses