AUTHOR=Rasouli Robab , Maleki Azam , Zenoozian Saeedeh TITLE=Can integrating religiosity and spirituality into postpartum care improve the quality of life in women with preeclampsia JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry VOLUME=14 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.985428 DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2023.985428 ISSN=1664-0640 ABSTRACT=Background

Women with a history of preeclampsia frequently have a lower level of physical well-being and emotional problems.

Objective

This study aimed to determine the effect of integrating religiosity and spirituality into postpartum care can improve the quality of life in women with preeclampsia.

Methods

This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted on 40 women with preeclampsia. All eligible participants were allocated to two control and intervention groups using a random blocking method. Data were collected using Mother-Generated Index (MGI) in pre-intervention and 6 weeks later and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and independent t-tests. The significance level was p < 0.05.

Results

The mean, Standard deviation (SD) of the total score of MGI before intervention in the intervention group was 5.35 (1.09) which increased to 8.00 (0.50) 6 weeks after intervention. In the control group, the pre-test score of MGI was 5.81 (0.97) which increased to 6.69 (1.37) after 6 weeks of follow-up. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant after the intervention based on an independent t-test (p = 0.001).

The mean (SD) of five subscales included Feelings toward herself, Feelings toward the child, Feelings toward her husband and others, Feelings toward sex, and Physical health status after intervention in the intervention group statistically significantly increased compared to the control group (p < 0.011).

Conclusion

The integration of spiritual counseling with the educational content of postpartum care had a positive impact on improving the postpartum QoL of women with preeclampsia. For better conclusions, a study with a large sample size needed to be conducted in the future.

Clinical Trial Registration

https://en.irct.ir/user/trial/50832/view, identifier IRCT20150731023423N16.