Which training helps new moms most? study compares two approaches
NCT ID NCT06422780
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed trial compared two training programs for first-time pregnant women: one focused on preparing for the maternal role, and the other on mindfulness-centered occupational therapy. The study included 74 women between 14-27 weeks of pregnancy and followed them after birth. The goal was to see which program better improves health awareness and maternal readiness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Maternal Role Preparation Training and Awareness-Centred Occupational Therapy Training
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward better ways to support first-time mothers during pregnancy and after birth.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with 74 participants, so results may not apply to all pregnant women. The outcomes are based on questionnaires, not hard medical endpoints.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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74 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2024
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 35 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria for pregnant women: * 18 to 35 years of age * Having conceived naturally * Being between 14-27 weeks of gestation * To be literate * Being primiparous * Reading and understanding Turkish * Volunteering to participate in the study * To have attended 80% of the trainings given Inclusion criteria for women in the postpartum period: * Giving birth at term * Having a healthy newborn (newborn born at 38-42 weeks of gestation, without low birth weight, without any disease) * Providing active care to the newborn baby with or without assistance Exclusion criteria for pregnant women * Having a risky pregnancy (gestational diabetes, eclampsia, pre-eclampsia, threatened preterm birth, premature rupture of membranes, placental anomalies etc.) * Having a maternal physical anomaly * Communication difficulties and mental deficiency * Having a medical history of mental illness * Having a foetal abnormality during pregnancy * Having a disease/complication that developed during pregnancy Exclusion criteria for women in the postpartum period: * Experiencing a traumatic event within 6-8 weeks postpartum (loss/death of a close person, natural disasters, accident, assault) * Stillbirth or having a baby with anomalies * Having a baby that requires an intensive care environment in a hospital * Mothers diagnosed with psychiatric illness (schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, panic attacks)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Çankırı Karatekin University Occupational Therapy Department
Çankırı, Çankırı, 18100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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