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      Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Pregnancy: an App-Based Programme to Improve the Health of Mothers and Children (MINDFUL/PMI Study) Translated title: Achtsamkeitsbasierte Stressreduktion in der Schwangerschaft: ein App-basiertes Programm zur Verbesserung der Gesundheit von Müttern und Kindern (MINDFUL/PMI-Studie)

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          Unfavourable intrauterine environmental factors increase the risk of delivery complications as well as postpartum developmental and behavioural problems in children and adolescents with ongoing effects into older age. Biomarker studies show that maternal stress and the use of alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy are associated with a higher intrauterine testosterone exposure of the child. The antenatal testosterone load, in turn, is a risk factor for lasting adverse health effects which extend into adulthood. A 15-week, mindfulness-oriented, app-based programme for the reduction of stress as well as for the reduction of alcohol and tobacco use in pregnant women is established. In the monocentre, prospective, controlled, and investigator-blinded MINDFUL/PMI (Maternal Health and Infant Development in the Follow-up after Pregnancy and a Mindfulness Intervention) study, pregnant women carry out the programme. Its effect on antenatal testosterone exposure of the child is examined by assessing the index/ring finger length ratio and other biomarkers in the 1-year-old children. In addition, the programmeʼs effects on self-regulation, the developmental status and the mental health of the children at the age of one year will be investigated. Additional aspects of the course of the pregnancy and delivery represent exploratory study objectives. This longitudinal study project is intended to improve the understanding of the impact of intrauterine environmental factors on early childhood development and health. Maternal stress as well as alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy are modifiable factors and represent potential preventive targets.

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          Ungünstige intrauterine Umweltfaktoren erhöhen das Risiko für Geburtskomplikationen sowie postpartale Entwicklungs- und Verhaltensauffälligkeiten bei den Kindern und Jugendlichen mit permanenten Auswirkungen bis ins höhere Alter. Biomarkerstudien zeigen, dass mütterlicher Stress und Konsum von Alkohol und Tabak während der Schwangerschaft mit höherer intrauteriner Testosteronexposition des Kindes assoziiert sind. Die pränatale Testosteronlast ist wiederum ein Risikofaktor für anhaltende und bis ins Erwachsenenalter reichende Gesundheitsbeeinträchtigungen. Es wird ein 15-wöchiges, achtsamkeitsorientiertes, App-basiertes Programm zur Reduktion von Stress sowie zur Verminderung von Alkohol- und Tabakkonsum bei schwangeren Frauen etabliert. In der monozentrischen, prospektiven, kontrollierten und untersucherverblindeten MINDFUL/PMI (Maternal Health and Infant Development in the Follow-up after Pregnancy and a Mindfulness Intervention)-Studie führen schwangere Frauen das Programm durch. Dabei wird der Effekt auf die pränatale Testosteronexposition des Kindes untersucht, die mit dem Zeige-/Ringfingerlängenverhältnis und weiteren Biomarkern bei den 1-jährigen Kindern erhoben wird. Außerdem soll beforscht werden, wie sich das Programm auf die Selbstregulation, den Entwicklungstand und die psychische Gesundheit der Kinder im Alter von einem Jahr auswirkt. Weitere Aspekte des Schwangerschafts- und Geburtsverlaufs stellen explorative Studienziele dar. Dieses longitudinale Studienprojekt soll das Verständnis der Bedeutung intrauteriner Umweltfaktoren für die frühe kindliche Entwicklung und Gesundheit verbessern. Mütterlicher Stress sowie Alkohol- und Tabakkonsum während der Schwangerschaft sind modifizierbare Faktoren und stellen potenzielle präventive Ansatzpunkte dar.

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                Journal
                Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd
                Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd
                10.1055/s-00000020
                Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
                Georg Thieme Verlag KG (Stuttgart · New York )
                0016-5751
                1438-8804
                December 2018
                14 December 2018
                : 78
                : 12
                : 1283-1291
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Psychiatrische und Psychotherapeutische Klinik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
                [2 ]Kinder- und Jugendabteilung für Psychische Gesundheit, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
                [3 ]Frauenklinik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
                [4 ]Biostatistics and Data Management Unit, Frauenklinik des Universitätsklinikums Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
                [5 ]kbo-Heckscher-Klinikum, München, Germany
                Author notes
                Correspondence/Korrespondenzadresse PD Dr. med. Bernd Lenz Psychiatrische und Psychotherapeutische Klinik Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Universitätsklinikum Erlangen Schwabachanlage 691054 ErlangenGermany bernd.lenz@ 123456uk-erlangen.de
                Article
                6772630
                10.1055/a-0677-2630
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                30686833
                43d391f3-c682-4c3b-b3d9-0a902fcfdda2

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                History
                : 26 June 2018
                : 10 August 2018
                : 10 August 2018
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                pregnancy,stress,alcohol,tobacco,testosterone,2d : 4d,index/ring finger length ratio,mindfulness,schwangerschaft,alkohol,tabak,testosteron,zeige-/ringfingerlängenverhältnis,achtsamkeit

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