Clinical trial NCT04907630: Antenatal Education Based on Improving Health Literacy
Official title: The Effect of Antenatal Education Based on Improving Health Literacy on Adaptation of Pregnancy, General Self-Efficacy, Fear of Childbirth, and Health Literacy in Primiparous Pregnant Women: A Randomized Control Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Antenatal Education
Keywords: Health Literacy
Antenatal Education
General Self-Efficacy
Fear of Childbirth
Lead sponsor: Balikesir University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-06-01
Enrollment: 182
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Aim: This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of antenatal education based on improving health literacy on the adaptation of pregnancy, general self-efficacy, fear of childbirth, and health literacy in primiparous pregnant women.

Design: It was a randomized controlled trial. Method: The research was carried out in a city located in the Marmara region of Turkey between July 2018 and April 2019. It was conducted with three groups, including one control (n=73) and two intervention groups (n=109). One of the intervention group was given antenatal education based on improving health literacy (n=53), and the other was only provided with antenatal education (n=56). Pregnancy Information Form, Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire, Pregnancy Related Anxiety Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Health Literacy-TR32 scale were used for data collection.

Detailed description: Background: Pregnant women get themselves ready to give birth, maternity and parenting through antenatal education. These trainings make it easier to adapt to the processes in which pregnant women experience change. They also provide an important opportunity to support and maintain the competence and motivation to manage health responsibility.

Aim: To evaluate the impact of antenatal education intervention based on improving health literacy in order for primiparous pregnant women to; accept the pregnancy and adopt the role of maternity; increase the level of general self-efficacy and health literacy; reduce the fear of childbirth; and support the level of breastfeeding.

Design: It is an experimental and randomized controlled trial. Method: The research was carried out in a town located in the Marmara region of Turkey between April 2019 and July 2018. It was conducted with three groups, including one control (73) and two training groups (109). One of the training group was given antenatal education based on improving health literacy (HL-AE) (53), and the other was only provided with antenatal education (AE) (56). Pregnancy identification form, prenatal self-evaluation questionnaire, pregnancy related anxiety scale, general self-efficacy scale, Turkey health literacy -32 scale and postpartum data collection form were used for data collection.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Volunteer primiparous pregnant women
* 18 years and over,
* No have any disease
* In the second trimester

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not participating in five-week education,
* Any complications developed during the education period
* Voluntarily leaving.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire (PSEQ)
timeFrame: five weeks
measure: Fear of Childbirth and The Postpartum Period Scale
timeFrame: five weeks
measure: General Self-Efficacy Scale
timeFrame: five weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Turkey Health Literacy Scale-32
timeFrame: five weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Balıkesir
country: Turkey
facility: Balikesir University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery Çağış Campus
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