Evaluation of the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation technique on the level of covid-19 anxiety of pregnant women covered by the Ayat Comprehensive Health Services Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Determining the Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Coronary Anxiety in Pregnant Women Covered by the Ayat Comprehensive Health Service Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Clinical trial with control group, with parallel group, double-blind, randomized, on 126 patients. A random sequence generated by computer software was used for randomization.

Eligible individuals are selected from Ayat Health Center. Intervention group: Receiving routine pregnancy care with training in progressive muscle relaxation technique in 6 sessions of 40 minutes. Control group: receiving routine pregnancy care. Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire and Covid-19 Anxiety Scale are completed by the participants before the intervention, at the end of the intervention and two weeks after the intervention.

Admission requirements: Satisfaction for research, gestational age less than 32 weeks, literacy, access to smartphone, computer or laptop on the web, mild to moderate covid-19 anxiety level Conditions of non-admission: history of confirmed psychiatric illness, history of receiving any psychotherapy in the last 6 months, high-risk pregnancy, mothers with severe covid-19 anxiety, visual and hearing impairment,, migration in the last 6 months, hospitalization in the last 6 months, Loss of family member in the last 6 months, suicidal thoughts, history of poor pregnancy outcomes such as preterm delivery, miscarriage, stillbirth and fetal abnormalities in the past year

Intervention group: routine prenatal care with virtual training of progressive muscle relaxation technique in 6 sessions (each session 40 minutes at a rate of 3 times a week)/Control group: routine pregnancy care

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Sampling is done by simple random method.The samples are divided into two groups A and group B based on a random sequence produced by computer software. Each patient receives a code.The pairing or individuality of the intervention or control group is determined by drawing lots. One group receives progressive muscle relaxation intervention with routine pregnancy care and one group receives only routine pregnancy care.

Participants receive prenatal care without knowing if they are in the intervention or control group. The outcome assessor also has no knowledge of assigning individuals to intervention and control groups.