The Effects of Benson´s relaxation technique and phone Consultation on Depression and Self-esteem among pregnant women

The study was designed to determine the effect of Benson relaxation and phone counseling on Depression and Self-esteem among pregnant women.

This trial has 2 intervention groups (Benson and phone counseling) and 1 control group, each group includes 27 people, with parallel groups, without blinding, randomized, on 81 patients (with Considering the fall, 90 people). For randomization, a table of random numbers is used

90 pregnant women referring to Alborz health centers with the characteristics of the research unit are selected and randomly placed in one of the 3 groups receiving phone counseling, Benson group, and control group. In the relaxation group, after one training session, the mother is asked to do relaxation for 15-20 minutes twice a day for 4 weeks. In the counseling group, counseling is given through phone counseling (for 4 weeks). Maternal depression and self-esteem in all three groups before and after the intervention with the Edinburgh and Rosenberg questionnaire will be measured.

Inclusion criteria: ‏mother age 18-35 - At least fifth-grade literacy- First pregnancy-Gestational age in the third trimester ( 28-34 w) - Single pregnancy - having access to the Internet- Low-risk pregnancy Exclusion criteria: obvious fetal abnormalities _ stressful events (accident, etc.) during the last six months_ mental illness_ addiction to drugs_ using alcohol_ history of infertility and speech and hearing disorders

1-Benson relaxation group, the mother is asked to do relaxation for 15 to 20 minutes twice a day for 4 weeks 2 - A group through counseling by phone (in such a way that during 4 sessions, one 45-60 minute session per week, related topics are held via Skype or Whats-app) 3- The control group receives routine pregnancy care

Depression and self-esteem

Randomization is done in a simple way using a table of random numbers. In this way, the members of the research will be numbered from 1 to 90 and we will randomly put the number of people from 1 to 90 in the table without any special order. Then a row and column from the table are randomly selected, the intersection point of the row and column is the starting point of sampling. From this point, and chosen by the researcher, we determine a direction (for example, up, down, right, or left) to read the table numbers, then we assume specific numbers for each of the study groups. For example, the numbers 1-30 enter the first intervention group (Benson) and if it is 31-60 the second intervention group (telephone counseling), the numbers 61-90 enter the control group.