Mindful moms: acceptability and impact of co-designed and digitally delivered video meditations for pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder.
Annals of medicine December 1, 2025 Sarah E Lord, Deepika Rao 1 citation
A pilot study tested whether short, digitally delivered meditation videos could reduce stress and increase mindfulness in pregnant and parenting women recovering from opioid use disorder. Twenty women from three rural New England treatment programs watched four of sixteen co-designed videos over two weeks. Perceived stress scores dropped from 21.49 to 19.85, and mindfulness scores rose from 3.47 to 3.76, both statistically significant changes. Participants rated the videos as highly acceptable and useful; 80% intended to use them in the future. The low-dose digital intervention shows promise for supporting recovery in this population, warranting larger studies.