Study protocol of a breathing and relaxation intervention included in antenatal education: A randomised controlled trial (BreLax study)

• Vanessa Leutenegger ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: vanessa.leutenegger@zhaw.ch

  Affiliations School of Health Sciences, Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7777-3103

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• Frank Wieber ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Frank Wieber, Jessica Pehlke-Milde

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Health Sciences, Research Institute of Public Health, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland, Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1285-1457

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• Deirdre Daly ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DD, LSB and JB also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3045-9894

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• Leila Sultan-Beyer ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DD, LSB and JB also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation KSW Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

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• Jennifer Bagehorn ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DD, LSB and JB also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Management and Law, Centre of Customer Experience & Service Design, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

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• Jessica Pehlke-Milde

  Contributed equally to this work with: Frank Wieber, Jessica Pehlke-Milde

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9549-7723

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