A randomized clinical trial on the effects of remote intercessory prayer in the adverse outcomes of pregnancies

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Maria Inês Da Rosa²  Fabio Rosa Silva²  Bruno Rosa Silva²  Luciana Carvalho Costa²  Angela Mendes Bergamo²  Napoleão Chiaramonte Silva²  Lidia Rosi De Freitas Medeiros²  Iara Denise Endruweit Battisti¹  Rafael Azevedo² 

[1] ,Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense Laboratório de Epidemiologia Criciuma SC

关键词: Intercessory prayer;    Randomized clinical trial;    Pregnant women;    Excess birth weight;    Apgar scores;    Birth weight;    Oração intercessória;    Ensaio clínico randomizado;    Gestantes;    Macrossomia;    Apgar;    Baixo peso;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-81232013000800022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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