Can mindfulness videos lift prenatal depression?
NCT ID NCT07151781
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will test whether video-guided mindfulness exercises can help reduce depression symptoms and improve quality of life in 120 pregnant women in Ethiopia. Participants will attend a health center three times a week for eight weeks to listen to guided mindfulness sessions. The goal is to see if this low-cost approach works better than standard care alone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- video-guided mindfulness exercise
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a low-cost, low-risk way to reduce prenatal depression and improve mental health for mothers and fathers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with no blinding, so results may be influenced by placebo effects. The intervention requires frequent clinic visits, which may limit real-world use.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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15 to 49 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Pregnant women who lived in Jimma City for at least six months * Women with a gestational age between 12 and 28 weeks, * Women who scored EPDS ≥ 13, * Willing to participate for eight consecutive weeks, * Able to attend the health center three times per week and gave consent to be followed up by study supervisors and data collectors Exclusion Criteria: * Having been diagnosed with mental health disorders or eating disorders, * Active substance use, * EPDS item 10 score ≥1 or total EPDS score \>19, * Currently receiving pharmacological or psychotherapeutic treatment, * Regularly practice meditation, * Severely ill, * Has active pregnancy-related complications that could interfere with attending the mindfulness exercise, or neurological conditions such as epilepsy or seizures
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Conditions
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Locations
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Jimma City in the Southwestern part of Ethiopia, 353 km away from the capital city, Addis Ababa.
Jimma, Ethiopia
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