A multi-component psychosocial intervention programme to reduce psychological distress and enhance social support for women undergoing termination of pregnancy for foetal anomaly in China: A randomised controlled trial.

Int J Nurs Stud Adv · 2025 · PMC12357282 · PMID 40822251

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The group-by-time interaction effect for the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was marginally significant ( β = 2.03, 95 % CI: −0.68 to 4.74, p = 0.142), with a small effect size at three months ( d = 0.46).

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Results Although the intervention group showed greater reductions in depressive symptoms (EPDS: β = 0.92, 95 % CI: –1.38 to 3.21, p = 0.435) and post-traumatic stress symptoms (IES-R: β = 5.31, 95 % CI: –1.25 to 11.86, p = 0.113) compared to the control group, these differences did not reach statistical significance.

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