Stress Control Training for Pregnant Women: Applicability and Results

Introduction: Stress is an ever-present topic in the most diverse areas of study.

Objective: the aim of the present study was to present data concerning the importance of prenatal intervention, in the context of the prevention of negative stress, and introduces strategies that may help to manage this stress, in pregnant women.

Method: For the stress control intervention, a protocol developed specifically for pregnant women was used.

Results: The data showed that the intervention reduced the level of stress and that it may have helped to provide a more comfortable birth for mother and child.

Conclusion: The study presented data and studies that support the possibility that pregnant women may have a psychological and medical gestational follow-up, and one that also includes the management of stress, whether preventive or by way of treatment.

Keywords: Stress, Gestation; Pregnancy; Prenatal; Stress control; Prevention; Intervention; Stress control strategies