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Mental health
Mindfulness interventions during pregnancy reduce depressive symptoms among healthy pregnant women
  1. Lucia Ciciolla1,
  2. Karina M Shreffler2,
  3. Emily J Jones2
  1. 1 Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
  2. 2 Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Karina M Shreffler; Karina-Shreffler{at}ouhsc.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103752

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    Commentary on: Min W, Jiang C, Li Z, Wang Z. The effect of mindfulness-based interventions during pregnancy on postpartum mental health: a meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2023 Jun 15;331:452–460. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.03.053. Epub 2023 Mar 23.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Mindfulness interventions may alleviate or prevent depression and anxiety among mentally healthy pregnant women, but evidence suggests they are less effective for women with a history of depression or perinatal depressive or anxiety symptoms.

    • Future research should include maternal physiological indicators, infant assessment data, and examine whether findings differ based on cultural context.

    Context

    Postpartum depression is a serious mental health condition with potentially significant adverse consequences for maternal and infant well-being. Identifying interventions that reduce the risk for postpartum depression has critical implications for nursing practice. Min et al 1 conducted a meta-analysis with the goal of investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) during pregnancy on postpartum mental health. The study included several depression indicators, assessed …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.