Preventive Care In Nursing and Midwifery Journal

en Effect of Supportive Counseling Using a Positive Psychology Approach on Improving the Severity of Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial Midwifery Orginal research Background: Pregnancy nausea and vomiting (NVP) are common complaints in the early period of pregnancy. Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the effects of the positive psychology approach on improving the severity of NVP. Methods: This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 60 pregnant women with mild and moderate NVP in Zanjan province, Iran, in 2020-2021. Pregnant women under study were divided into two experimental and control groups by a block randomization method. Six counseling sessions were held for the experimental group regarding the treatment protocol of a positive psychological approach twice a week for 60 minutes. Data were collected using the Rhodes and demographic questionnaire and then analyzed using Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, independent t-tests, repeated measure ANOVA test with a confidence level (CI) of 95% in SPSS 16 software. Results: As regards the demographic analysis, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. However, based on obstetric characteristics, the difference was significant between the two groups in terms of the number of pregnancies. The analysis showed that the mean (SD) severity of NVP in the experimental group was (11.60 ± 2.73) before the intervention, (5.0 ± 2.5) immediately, and (3.73 ± 2.50) four weeks after the intervention. There were significant differences in the severity of NVP immediately (P values =0.014) and after four weeks of the intervention between the two groups (P values =0.031). Conclusion: The use of a positive psychological counseling approach reduced the severity of NVP and improved maternal health. Nausea, Pregnancy, Vomiting, Women's Health, Training Support, Counseling, Psychology, Positive 59 69 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-931-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mina Abbasi m.abbasi@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460013986 100319475328460013986 No MSc. in Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Azam Maleki malekia@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460013987 100319475328460013987 Yes Assistant Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Loghman Ebrahimi L.ebrahimi@znu.ac.ir 100319475328460013988 100319475328460013988 No Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran Behnaz Molaei molaei@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460013989 100319475328460013989 No Associated Professor of Fellowship of Perinatology, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran