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lack of differences between the COPE and
control group mothers with respect to state anxiety and negative mood state during hospitalization may be attributable to the fact that the length
of hospital
stay for this full - scale clinical trial was approximately one - half
of that in our pilot study.6 There might not have been enough time to demonstrate the positive effects
of the COPE program on maternal anxiety and mood state during the short course
of hospitalization in this trial.