Clinical trial NCT06691854: Women's Perception of Respectful Maternity Care, Birth Experiences and Perception of Traumatic Birth
Official title: The Effect of the Intrapartum Care Model Given in Line With the World Health Organization (WHO) Recommendations on Women's Perception of Respectful Maternity Care, Birth Experiences and Perception of Traumatic Birth.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Maternity
Birth, First
Traumatic Birth
Intrapartum Fetal Distress
Keywords: Respectful maternity care scale
Birth experience scale
Traumatic birth perception scale
WHO Intrapartum Care Recommendations
Lead sponsor: Selcuk University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-11-15
Enrollment: 124
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The effect of the ıntrapartum care model given in line with the world health organization (WHO) recommendations on women's perception of respectful maternity care, birth experiences and perception of traumatic birth

Detailed description: The research is a randomized controlled trial. The research will conducted with 124 primiparous pregnant women (intervention group n=62, control group n=62) who were hospitalized in the delivery unit of Aksaray Training and Research Hospital between September 2023 and January 2024. The pregnant women in the intervention group will given the intrapartum care model in line with WHO recommendations after cervical dilation reached 5 cm. The control group will received only the standard intrapartum care in the hospital. Data will be collected using the personal information form, birth follow-up form, respectful maternal care scale, birth experience scale, and traumatic birth perception scale.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Those who are 18 years of age or older,
* Those who are in term pregnancy (38-41 weeks),
* Those who are primiparous,
* Those who have a single, healthy, vertex positioned fetus,
* Those who have cervical dilatation of 5 cm or more,
* Those who can speak and understand Turkish,
* Those who voluntarily agree to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those with chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, etc.),
* Those with a diagnosed mental illness (depression, anxiety or other psychotic disorder, etc.),
* Those with maternal and fetal complications (oligohydramnios and polyhydramnios, placenta previa, preeclampsia, premature membrane rupture, presentation anomalies, intrauterine growth retardation, fetal anomalies, intrauterine death, macrosomic baby, cord prolapse, etc.),
* Those with any complications that prevent vaginal birth (cephalopelvic disproportion, etc.),
* Elective cesarean section,
* Those who became pregnant with assisted reproductive techniques,
* Those who received childbirth preparation training.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women before the intervention with the questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Comparison of pre-intervention obstetric characteristics of pregnant women with a questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Comparison of the delivery times of pregnant women through a survey
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Comparison of the means of the respectful birth care scale among pregnant women by group
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Comparison of the means of the birth experience scale among pregnant women by group
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Comparison of the means of the traumatic birth perception scale among pregnant women by group
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: Seyhan Çankaya
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: Seyhan Çankaya
Study officials:
affiliation: Selcuk University
name: Seyhan Çankaya, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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