Discussion
Anxiety, mental distress, anxiety, SIT, depression
The present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of virtual and semi-attendance Stress Inoculation Training on improving the symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress in pregnant women with mental distress. So far, this method has not been used to compare groups virtually or as semi-attendance. The results showed that anxiety, depression, pregnancy-specific stress and general perceived stress in pregnant women of both groups decreased after the intervention. This treatment reduced anxiety, depression, psychological distress in SIT intervention compared to VSIT intervention. There was no significant difference between SIT and VSIT intervention in terms of their effects on pregnancy-specific stress and general stress.Anxiety is one of the most common accompanying symptoms in pregnant mothers, which causes various problems for both mother and fetus. This technique can reduce pregnant women’s misconceptions that lead to anxiety. The results of this study were in line with the study by Jokar et al. They showed that Stress Inoculation Training reduced anxiety in pregnant women [Askari et al., in their research, showed that positive psychoeducation training and SIT reduced depression in pregnant women [Stress is one of the most common concerns among pregnant women directly related to fetal developmental processes that cause irreversible effects on the fetus. The present study results are consistent with Khorsandi et al.’s study conducted to investigate the effect of Stress Inoculation Training on pregnant women’s perceived stress. They showed that SIT could significantly reduce stress in pregnant women [