Coloring away fear: mandala therapy eases childbirth anxiety in High-Risk pregnancies
NCT ID NCT06716710
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether doing a mandala coloring activity could lower stress and fear of childbirth in women hospitalized with high-risk pregnancies. 149 pregnant women took part. The researchers measured their anxiety, stress, and fear levels before and after the activity.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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149 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 50 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Those who want to participate in the study voluntarily * Those who can speak and understand Turkish * Those who are over 18 years of age * Primiparous pregnant women * Pregnant women diagnosed with risky pregnancies (threatened preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, gestational hypertension, intrauterine growth retardation, placenta previa, hyperemesis gravidarum) * Pregnant women in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy (13-40 weeks) * Those who do not have hearing, comprehension and vision problems so that they can follow the group study will be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women who are absent from the mandala activity planned 3 times a week for 4 weeks for more than a week * Those who do less than 18 mandala activities during 4 weeks * Those who fill out the survey forms incompletely * Pregnant women who decide to give birth during the survey period will be excluded from the study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kocaeli University
Kocaeli, 41380, Turkey (Türkiye)
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