Clinical trial NCT05680272: Women's Positive Birth Perception Awareness and Birth Experience
Official title: The Effect of Empathic Communication-Based Education on Women's Positive Birth Perception Awareness and Birth Experience
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pregnancy Related
Keywords: Pregnancy
Scale
Empathic Communication
Positive Perception of Birth
Midwifery Care
Lead sponsor: Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-01-11
Enrollment: 72
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SEQUENTIAL
Intervention model description: education-centered randomized controlled experimental study
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: it was aimed to determine the effect of empathic communication-based education on positive birth perception awareness.

Detailed description: Since the existence of humanity, women have not been left alone during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period in all societies, but have been supported by their environment. In providing this support, midwives have important responsibilities as the primary responsible health professional . Quality midwifery care given at birth is very important for women to have a positive birth experience The biggest expectations of mothers from midwives in the birth and postpartum period are; it is approaching with empathetic communication such as smiling, therapeutic touch, listening, speaking in a language that the pregnant can understand, making oneself feel good, encouraging, informing, paying attention to privacy. Mothers whose expectations are met in labor; It can have positive obstetric outcomes such as shortening the delivery time, reduction in analgesia and medical intervention applications, positive birth experience, initiation of breastfeeding in the early period, mother-infant bonding and transition to the role of motherhood .

İt will contribute positively to the health indicators of the country and reduce the cost, a scale and guide have been prepared within the scope of this thesis, with the foresight that pregnant women and health workers need training materials, and training with interactive and mobile communication tools in this direction. has been planned.It is expected that the training to be given in line with the developed guideline, and the empathic communication-based training given in the third trimester of pregnancy will help to increase the awareness of women's positive perception of birth.

With this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of empathic communication-based education on positive birth perception awareness.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years and older pregnancy

  * Speaks and understands Turkish
  * Able to read and write,
  * Having a single fetus,
  * Not having a risky pregnancy,
  * 32-36. in gestational week,
  * Pregnant women who do not have any disability diagnosed for normal delivery

Exclusion Criteria:

* Risky pregnant women
* Pregnant women with communication difficulties
* Pregnant women with mental deficiency

Primary outcomes:
measure: Positive Birth Perception Awareness Scale
timeFrame: baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Wijma Birth Experience/Expectation Scale A (WBBSS-A)
timeFrame: baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kahramanmaraş
country: Turkey
facility: Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Universty
Study officials:
affiliation: Çukuroava Universty
name: Sultan ALAN
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Universty
name: Emine AKSÜT AKÇAY
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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