Clinical trial NCT06561984: Effect of Antenatal Education on Knowledge,Attitude and Preferences Taward Delivery Modes
Official title: Effect of Antenatal Education on Pregnant Women's Knowledge, Attitude and Preferences of Delivery Mode
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Antenatal Education
Modes of Delivery
Keywords: Antenatal Education, Knowledge, attitude, Mode of delivery
Lead sponsor: Mansoura University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-20
Enrollment: 140
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The intervention group will receive educational sessions regarding modes of delivery, while the control group will receive the routine antenatal care only in the antenatal clinics
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The aim of the current study is to assess the effect of antenatal education on pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and preferences of delivery mode.

Detailed description: This study employed a quasi-experimental design with intervention and control group. The purposive sample will consisted of 140 pregnant women who attended for prenatal care for follow up at the previously mentioned setting. The main objective of the study will to examine the effect of antenatal education on pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and preferences toward the mode of delivery.

In order to accomplish the study's aim, the following research hypothesis is developed:

Hypothesis 1. Pregnant women who receive antenatal education will have a higher level of knowledge and positive attitude regarding the mode of delivery than those in the control group.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant women who are 18 to 35 years old.
* A singleton pregnancy in the third
* Primigravida and pregnant women with a history of one prior elective cesarean section at least two years between pregnancies.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant women who has any indication of a cesarean section or obstetrical issues that have arisen during the present pregnancy
* Pregnant woman who suffer from psychological illness.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Structured Interviewing Questionnaire.
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Tool II: Attitude of the studied pregnant women toward mode of delivery questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Tool III: Studied pregnant women's preference of delivery mode sheet.
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Mansoura
country: Egypt
facility: Mansoura University
Study officials:
affiliation: Mansoura University
name: Eman Elshrqawy, Assist. lec
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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