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Yoga exercises can reduce prenatal maternal stress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

S. Kiselev
S. Kiselev*
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Prenatal maternal stress is an important phenomenon. Evidence on this topic suggests that women who experience high stress during pregnancy are more likely to deliver preterm infants.

Objectives

The goal of this study was to evaluate the influence of Yoga exercises training on stress reduction during pregnancy.

Methods

In the current study we included 20 women who participated in the Yoga exercises training during pregnancy. The control group included 20 women who were in the reading control condition during pregnancy. Women were eligible to participate if they were experiencing elevated levels of perceived stress or pregnancy-specific anxiety (PSA), as indicated by responses to the Perceived Stress Scale and the PSA scale on a screening questionnaire. Women enrolled between 12 and 26 weeks gestation were randomly assigned to either the Yoga exercises training or to the reading control condition. Effects of training were analyzed by means of an ANOVA with repeated measurements.

Results

ANOVA has revealed (p<.05) that women in the Yoga exercises training experienced larger decreases from pre- to postintervention in pregnancy-specific anxiety and pregnancy-related anxiety than participants in the reading control condition.

Conclusions

This pilot study suggests that Yoga exercises training during pregnancy can effectively reduce pregnancy-related anxiety. However, it is necessary to do further research on the impact of Yoga exercises on stress reduction during pregnancy.

Keywords

pregnancy-specific anxietyyoga exercisesprenatal maternal stress
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S394
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