THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION TRAINING ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF PREGNANT WOMEN

During pregnancy, general health and quality of life is changed, this issue pose
the necessary of offering therapeutic interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the
effectiveness of training mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on the quality of life and wellbeing of pregnant women.
Materials & Methods: the method of current study quasi-experimental and its design was posttest with
control group. Among all pregnant women, referring to the health centers of Ghaem and Kosar of Ilam
city in 2016, 32 people were selected by available sampling. They were randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups. Mindfulness based stress reduction program was trained to
experimental group for 8 session 1/5 hours a week. The questionnaires of quality of life and
psychological well-being were used to gather data. The collected data were analyzed using multivariate
analysis of variance.
Results: The results showed that after training of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), there was
significant differences between the posttest means of experimental and control group in variables of
psychological well-being, quality of life, and components of mental health, limitations due to the general
health, social functioning and pain (F=27/60, P<0/000).
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the education of mindfulness-based stress reduction
program is effective on improving the psychological well-being and quality of life of pregnant women;
therefore, it is recommended to train this program as a way to cope with stress during pregnancy