Effects of an App-Based Mindfulness Intervention during Pregnancy on the Infant's Prenatal Androgen Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.

digit ratio mindfulness prenatal programming

Journal

Journal of clinical medicine
ISSN: 2077-0383
Titre abrégé: J Clin Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101606588

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
23 Sep 2023
Historique:
received: 23 08 2023
revised: 18 09 2023
accepted: 20 09 2023
medline: 14 10 2023
pubmed: 14 10 2023
entrez: 14 10 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Prenatal androgen exposure modulates the development of the brain, with lasting effects on its function and behavior over the infant's life span. Environmental factors during pregnancy, in particular maternal stress, have been shown to influence the androgen load of the unborn child. We here addressed the research gap on whether a mindfulness intervention or a pregnancy education administered to pregnant women more affects the androgen exposure of the unborn child (quantified by the proxies of second-to-fourth digit length ratio (2D:4D) and anogenital distance assessed one year after delivery and at delivery, respectively). Moreover, we tested the mindfulness intervention's effects on maternal perceived stress, anxiety, depressiveness, and mindfulness. Pregnant women (gestation weeks 8-14) were randomized to a 15-week app-based mindfulness-oriented intervention (

Identifiants

pubmed: 37834786
pii: jcm12196142
doi: 10.3390/jcm12196142
pmc: PMC10573842
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : Federal Ministry of Education and Research
ID : 01GL1745B
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ID : GRK2162 / 270949263
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ID : TRR265 - Project-ID 402170461
Organisme : University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
ID : Open Access Publication Funding

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Auteurs

Eva-Maria Siegmann (EM)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Anna Eichler (A)

Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Verena Nadine Buchholz (VN)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Jennifer Gerlach (J)

Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Constanza A Pontones (CA)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Adriana Titzmann (A)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Nicolas Arnaud (N)

German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.

Christiane Mühle (C)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Matthias W Beckmann (MW)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Peter A Fasching (PA)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Oliver Kratz (O)

Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Gunther H Moll (GH)

Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Johannes Kornhuber (J)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Bernd Lenz (B)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159 Mannheim, Germany.

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