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

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 gro...

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Main Authors: Maria Inês da Rosa, Fabio Rosa Silva, Bruno Rosa Silva, Luciana Carvalho Costa, Angela Mendes Bergamo, Napoleão Chiaramonte Silva, Lidia Rosi de Freitas Medeiros, Iara Denise Endruweit Battisti, Rafael Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2013-08-01
Series:Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232013001600022&lng=en&tlng=en