@misc{10481/76533,
year = {2022},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/76533},
abstract = {The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the population’s levels of stress and anxiety due to its contagious nature
and the uncertainties generated by its novelty. One population that is especially vulnerable to these psychological
consequences are pregnant women. This is why the objective of this study was to test the efficacy of an
online stress management programme of a cognitive behavioural nature on pregnant women during the COVID-
19 pandemic, in Spain. The trial was controlled and randomised, with a total of 207 pregnant women divided
into three groups: the Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy group (o-CBT) (N = 70); the Online Psychological
Support group (o-PS) (N = 69); and the Usual Care group (UC) (N = 68). To test the therapy’s efficacy, the
women’s resilience, perceived stress, pregnancy-specific stress and psychopathological symptoms were assessed
before and after the intervention. The o-CBT and o-PS consisted of a programme of 8 group sessions (one per
week). The results showed that pregnant women who participated in the o-CBT group presented lower rates of
pregnancy-specific stress and perceived stress, as well as greater resilience and lower anxiety, depression and
obsessions-compulsions symptoms. These data show the efficacy of the treatment programme and thus confirm
the importance of implementing these types of interventions during a woman’s pregnancy, especially over periods
of major stress, such as during a pandemic.},
organization = {FEDER Operational Programme 2014-2020/Junta de Andalucia-Conocimiento/Proyecto	A-CTS-229- UGR18},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, FPU program	18/00617},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {COVID-19},
keywords = {Cognitive Behavioural Therapy},
keywords = {Pregnancy},
keywords = {Stress},
keywords = {Resilience},
keywords = {Psychopathology},
title = {Online cognitive behavioural therapy as a psychological vaccine against stress during the COVID-19 pandemic in pregnant women: A randomised controlled trial},
doi = {10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.016},
author = {Puertas González, José Antonio and Mariño Narváez, Carolina and Sánchez Pérez, Gracia María and Peralta Ramírez, María Isabel},
}