Clinical trial NCT06184087: Childbirth Education on Upright Positions Mobility During Labor
Official title: Childbirth Education on Upright Positions and Mobility During Labor
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Childbirth Classes
Keywords: childbirth education
upright positions
mobility during labor
Lead sponsor: Tel Aviv University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Hana Borrer
First posted: 2023-12-28
Enrollment: 74
Sex: FEMALE
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SEQUENTIAL
Intervention model description: A prospective quasi-experimental study
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Background and study aims: A prospective quasi-experimental study will be conducted among nulliparous women from the ultra-orthodox Jewish community.

Study design: While the control group participated in routine childbirth education, the intervention group learned with childbirth education that included interactive and constructive cognitive engagement activities. Participants in both groups completed a set of questionnaires regarding knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.

Detailed description: Background: Upright labor positions and movement during labor have a positive effect on childbirth, yet the predominant labor positions are still horizontal. Therefore, it is important to explore how it is possible to improve childbirth education, particularly its instructional design, to strengthen women's self-efficacy toward the use of upright positions and mobility during labor. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of an instructional approach based on a cognitive engagement ICAP (Interactive, Constructive, Active, Passive) framework on the development of knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy expectations toward upright positions and mobility during labor.

Methods: A prospective quasi-experimental study was conducted among nulliparous women from the ultra-orthodox Jewish community (n=74). While the control group (n = 34) participated in routine childbirth education, the intervention group (n = 36) learned with childbirth education that included interactive and constructive cognitive engagement activities. Participants in both groups completed a set of questionnaires regarding knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Nulliparous women

Exclusion Criteria:

\*High-risk pregnancy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self-efficacy toward upright positions and mobility during labor
timeFrame: The questionnaire was administered at the beginning of the childbirth course and again at the end of the fifth meeting of the childbirth course.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Attitudes towards upright positions and mobility during labor
timeFrame: The questionnaire was administered at the beginning of the childbirth course and again at the end of the fifth meeting of the childbirth course.
measure: Knowledge about positions and mobility during labor
timeFrame: The questionnaire was administered at the beginning of the childbirth course and again at the end of the fifth meeting of the childbirth course.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Modi'in Illit
country: Israel
facility: Merkaz Shifra
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