Study Design and Participant Eligibility
ideation, Anxiety, drug abuse or dependence, cancer, bipolar disorder, cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases, schizophrenia, mental disorders, Depression
DISORDER, CANCER
This study was a 2-arm RCT. The participants were pregnant women who underwent routine obstetric examinations at the outpatient centers of 2 comprehensive tertiary hospitals in Shandong Province from December 2020 to April 2021. The inclusion criteria were as follows: the participant must be aged ≥18 years, have single pregnancy, be at 12 to 20 weeks of gestation, have Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score of ≥9 or Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale score of ≥5, be fluent in reading and writing Chinese, not participated in any other psychological intervention, and be able to access the WeChat mini program. We excluded participants if they had suicidal ideation (score of item 10 of EPDS ≥1), serious mental disorders (eg, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder), physical illnesses (eg, cancer and cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases), drug abuse or dependence, or prior experience in mindfulness exercises. This study was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Register (identifier: ChiCTR2000040717).