Clinical trial NCT06325839: Effects of HypnoBirthing Training and Oxytocin Massage in Primiparous Pregnants
Official title: Effects of HypnoBirthing Training and Oxytocin Massage on Delivery and Postpartum Period in Primiparous Pregnants: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pregnancy Related
Keywords: Pregnancy
Birth
oxytocin
postpartum
hypno-birthing
Lead sponsor: Giresun University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-03-22
Enrollment: 50
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The research is an experimental study with a randomized control group.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study was conducted to determine the effects of hypnobirthing training and oxytocin massage on birth and postpartum period in primiparous pregnant women.

Detailed description: Hypnobirthing is a birth philosophy and method that prepares women physically and psychologically for giving birth. It is important to break the fear-tension-pain cycle in HypnoBirthing training. Because the continuity of the cycle increases the pain related to birth, and as the pain increases, the fear increases. In this case, the duration of labor is prolonged, birth success, shape, preference, course and satisfaction are negatively affected. Therefore, this training helps to reduce pain and fear related to labor and increase labor satisfaction. Similarly, it has been determined in the literature that oxytocin (back massage) massage during pregnancy increases uterine contractions, reduces labor pain and duration of labor, accelerates postpartum uterine involution, significantly increases the amount of breast milk, and increases mother-baby attachment. The pregnant education role of the health professional is an effective factor that shapes the birth experience of pregnant women. For this purpose, health professionals in the world and in our country are actively involved in pregnancy education programs in which different methods are applied. The most common ones are Lamaze, Bradly and HypnoBirthing. These trainings also serve to reduce pain and fear related to childbirth, increase labor and postpartum satisfaction, and meet the need for professional support and education of pregnant women. When the studies on HypnoBirthing training and oxytocin massage are examined in the literature, it is noteworthy that there is a very limited number of studies. Therefore, there is a need for well-designed randomized controlled trials that can create a level of evidence for HypnoBirthing training and oxytocin massage.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant women between the ages of 18 and 45,
* Able to communicate verbally,
* Being in the 36th week of pregnancy,
* Having a single fetus,
* Being nulliparous

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant women at risk
* Multiparous pregnant women

Primary outcomes:
measure: Wijma Birth Anticipation/Experience Scale A (W-DEQ-A)
timeFrame: five weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Wijma Birth Expectancy/Expectation Scale B (W-DEQ-B)
timeFrame: Five weeks
measure: Postpartum Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Mother-Infant Attachment Scale (MICS)
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Birth satisfaction scale short form (BSS-SF)
timeFrame: 5 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Giresun
country: Turkey
facility: Giresun Gynecology and Children's Diseases Hospital
state: Center
Study officials:
affiliation: Giresun University Faculty of Health Sciences
name: Ezgi ŞAHİN, ph.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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