Clinical trial NCT05584618: Effect of Antenatal Education on Fear of ChildBirth
Official title: Evaluation of Antenatal Education on Fear of ChildBirth, Depression, Anxiety, Maternal Self-Efficacy, and Delivery Mode in Primiparous Pregnant Women: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Fear of Childbirth
Stress
Keywords: antenatal education
fear of childbirth
depression, anxiety
stress
maternal self-efficacy
mode of delivery
Lead sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-10-18
Enrollment: 100
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: A randomized controlled trial
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of antenatal education on birth fear, depression, anxiety, stress, maternal self-efficacy, and mode of delivery in primiparous pregnant women

Detailed description: There is still a lack of evidence regarding the effects of antenatal education on birth fear, maternal self-efficacy, anxiety, stress, depression, and mode of delivery. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of antenatal education on birth fear, anxiety, stress, depression, maternal self-efficacy, and mode of delivery

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Literate
* Childbirth at fullterm (born at 38-42 weeks)
* Nulliparous women
* Women between the ages of 18-35
* Singleton pregnancy in 20 and 36 weeks of gestation
* Having a healthy newborn
* No participation in another prenatal program
* Absence of any psychiatric illness or comorbidities
* No use medications for a diagnosed mental disorder
* Baby with normal birth weight and APGAR score of 8 and above
* Women who have not developed postpartum complications
* Women without complicated/high-risk pregnancies, who do not experience a perinatal death or stillbirth
* Speaks and understands Turkish
* Women with a total fear of childbirth score W-DEQ-A ≥60 will be included.
* Women who give birth through vaginal route

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who do not meet the sample selection criteria

Primary outcomes:
measure: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
timeFrame: at 20 to 36 weeks gestational age
measure: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
timeFrame: 6-8 weeks postpartum
measure: Wijma Delivery Expectancy/ Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ- A)
timeFrame: at 20 to 36 weeks gestational age
measure: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)
timeFrame: at 20 to 36 weeks gestational age
measure: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)
timeFrame: 6-8 weeks postpartum
measure: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
timeFrame: at 20 to 36 weeks gestational age
measure: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
timeFrame: 6-8 weeks postpartum
measure: The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire B version (W-DEQ-B)
timeFrame: 6-8 weeks postpartum
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Saglık Bilimleri Universitesi
city: İstanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Kartal Dr.Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital
name: Leyla Kaya, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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