The Effect of Online Medical and Psychological Consultation on the Mental Health of Pregnant Women
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Background: Pregnancy and childbirth are exciting and enjoyable events in the life of women and are considered as the most sensitive periods in the life of every woman. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of online medical and psychological consultation on the mental health of pregnant women.
Methods: The present semi-experimental research was conducted with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population consisted of pregnant women of the Niniban website (http:www.niniban.com) in the winter of 2019 in Tehran, Iran. A sample of 50 pregnant women who were in their first to sixth months of pregnancy was selected. They were randomly divided into 2 groups of control and experimental (25 individuals in each group). Data were obtained using the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) (1990).
Results: The results showed that online medical and psychological consultations were fruitful in the experimental group and that the mental health of the experimental group improved (P < 0.001).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that the online medical and psychological consultations were effective on the mental health of pregnant women.
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