Feasibility and Acceptability of Just Breathe, A Novel Handheld Mindful Breathing Device, for Postpartum Stress:

Sarai K Sales1,2, Stephanie D Nunez1, Lindsay Spratt1

  • 1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.

JMIR Formative Research
|February 27, 2026
PubMed

Among newly postpartum people, the novel Just Breathe guided breathing device showed high user satisfaction scores and self-perceived reductions in stress, although the Cohen d effect on heart rate variability and stress or anxiety symptoms as measured by validated psychometric scales was minimal.