Participants
depression, anxiety disorder, psychiatric, anxiety
PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY, DISORDERS
Participants were pregnant women who met the study eligibility criteria: (1) aged 20 years or older; (2) after 22 weeks of pregnancy; (3) scored between 5 and 14 points on the GAD-7 generalized anxiety disorder assessment tool; and the ability to speak, read and write in Japanese. Participants were excluded if they (1) were undergoing hospitalization for psychiatric disorders or (2) were diagnosed with complications of pregnancy and required medical treatment in the hospital. After the beginning of the program, participants were also excluded if they: (1) developed pregnancy complications that required hospitalization; (2) delivered without completion of the interventions; (3) had increased symptoms of anxiety or depression observed during the intervention and a psychiatrist was consulted regarding the discontinuation of the intervention.