A randomized clinical trial on the effects of remote intercessory prayer in the adverse outcomes of pregnancies.
Cien Saude Colet
; 18(8): 2379-84, 2013 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-23896920
The scope of this article was to investigate whether intercessory prayer (IP) influences the adverse outcomes of pregnancies. A double-blind, randomized clinical trial was conducted with 564 pregnant women attending a prenatal public health care service. The women were randomly assigned to an IP group or to a control group (n = 289 per group). They were simultaneously and randomly assigned to practice prayer off-site or not. The following parameters were evaluated: Apgar scores, type of delivery and birth weight. The mean age of the women was 25.1 years of age (± 7.4), and the average gestational age was 23.4 weeks (± 8.1). The average number of years of schooling for the women was 8.1 years (± 3.1). The women in the IP and control groups presented a similar number of adverse medical events with non-significant p. No significant differences were detected in the frequency of adverse outcomes in pregnant women who practiced IP and those in the control group.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações na Gravidez
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Religião
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Resultado da Gravidez
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cien Saude Colet
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil