Mandala Coloring and Postpartum Blues

NCT ID: NCT06637891

Last Updated: 2025-03-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 77 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-10-10
• Study Completion Date: 2025-03-03

Brief Summary

One of the art therapy techniques that can provide psychological support and healing is mandala painting. Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning 'circle'. The purpose of the circle is to encourage meditation, concentration and integration by narrowing or limiting the visual field towards the centre. In mandala painting, the individual can focus on the lines, stay in the moment, separate themselves from the concerns of the past and future and allow them to recall the consciousness of the moment. Studies in the literature have reported that making mandalas is an effective method for reducing negative mood and anxiety in people.This study was planned as a randomized controlled study to help women who experience postpartum sadness get through this period more easily.

Detailed Description

One of the art therapy techniques that can provide psychological support and healing is mandala painting. Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning 'circle'. The purpose of the circle is to encourage meditation, concentration and integration by narrowing or limiting the visual field towards the center. In mandala painting, the individual can focus their attention on the lines, stay in the moment, separate themselves from the concerns of the past and future and ensure that they remember the consciousness of the moment again. The energy and emotions of the individual can change with the rich variety of colors used in mandala painting. It can help the individual achieve spiritual calmness by silencing the chaos and sounds that disturb them. Studies in the literature have reported that mandala painting is an effective method in reducing negative moods and anxiety in individuals. Gray-Foti found in his study that mandala painting reduced the anxiety levels of new mothers and increased their self-confidence, while Özsavran and Akyıldız found that it increased the comfort and resilience of mothers with special needs children. In a meta-analysis study evaluating the effect of mandala painting on state anxiety in adults, it was determined that it was effective in reducing anxiety. However, no study has been found investigating the effect of mandala coloring on postpartum sadness.This study was planned as a randomized controlled study to help women who experience postpartum sadness get through this period more easily.

Conditions

Post Partum Depression; Depression, Anxiety

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Mandala coloring group

Mandala painting will be applied to postpartum women who have postpartum blues

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mandala coloring

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants will be asked to choose the pages they want from 12 colored felt-tip pen paint sets and 16 mandala coloring pages given to each participant by the researcher for 2 weeks, 3 days a week, at any time of the day and for an average of 20-30 minutes each time, and paint them in the colors they want.

Control group

Participants in this group will consist of people who do not routinely do any practice on their own to reduce postpartum blues symptoms.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Mandala coloring

Participants will be asked to choose the pages they want from 12 colored felt-tip pen paint sets and 16 mandala coloring pages given to each participant by the researcher for 2 weeks, 3 days a week, at any time of the day and for an average of 20-30 minutes each time, and paint them in the colors they want.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Between the ages of 18-35,
• Being between the 1st and 14th days postpartum
• Being able to read, understand and write Turkish,
• Having given birth at term (single birth at 38 weeks and above),
• Having given birth by normal vaginal delivery or cesarean section after an uncomplicated pregnancy
• Scoring 13 points or above on the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale
• Scoring 3 points or above on the Stein Blues Scale
• Having stable vital signs, not having undergone infertility treatment, not having a chronic disease (such as hypertension, diabetes), not experiencing severe depression, anxiety and stress, not having any chronic disease or not having a disease that may cause cognitive impairment (such as delirium, dementia, mental retardation), not having serious complications in the mother and volunteering to participate in the study will be included in the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Kırklareli University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ayca Solt Kirca

Asssociate professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

ELIF DAGLI, P

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cukurova University

Locations

Cukurova University

Adana, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

KırklareliAS-14

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id