Title

Effect of guided imagery on anxiety among pregnant working women

Authors

Patel Jaimikaben Babubhai^1,* & G.K. Vankar²

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatry Nursing, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India; ²Department of Psychiatry, Parul Institute of Medical Science & Research, Parul Sevashram Hospital, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Patel Jaimikaben Babubhai - E-mail: jaimika18@gmail.com; 200900405008@paruluniversity.ac.in

G.K. Vankar - E-mail: drgkvankar@yahoo.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2026; Revised June 30, 2026; Accepted June 30, 2026, Published June 30, 2026

Abstract

Anxiety during pregnancy is a significant maternal mental health problem among working women due to occupational stress and pregnancy-related physiological changes. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the effectiveness of guided imagery in reducing anxiety among pregnant working women in Vadodara, Gujarat. Hence, a pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design was used among 50 participants and anxiety was measured using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7). The mean anxiety score decreased significantly from 24.36 to 16.08 after the intervention (p < 0.001). Thus, we show that guided imagery may serve as a simple and effective non-pharmacological intervention to reduce anxiety during pregnancy.

Keywords

Guided imagery; anxiety; pregnant women; working women; antenatal mental health; relaxation therapy

Citation

Babubhai et al. Bioinformation 22(6): 3442-3448 (2026)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.