Adapting and testing a brief intervention to reduce maternal anxiety during pregnancy (ACORN): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wilkinson, Esther L ^a,b,c   O'Mahen, Heather A ^d   Fearon, Pasco ^e   Halligan, Sarah ^f   King, Dorothy X ^a,b   Greenfield, Geva ^a   Dunkley Bent, Jacqueline ^g   Ericksen, Jennifer ^h   Milgrom, Jeannette ^h,i   Ramchandani, Paul G ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^h HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Anxiety; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Feasibility; Group intervention

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHILD; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBEDDING; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEARNING; MIDWIFE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SYMPTOM; TEMPERAMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ENGLAND; GROUP THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; THERMOREGULATION; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85007477845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/S13063-016-1274-8     Document Type: Article

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