Clinical trial NCT05928117: Training Given in the Line of Coping With Fear of Birth on Fear of Birth Birth Experience
Official title: The Effect of Mobile Training Given in the Line of Coping With Fear of Birth on Fear of Birth, Birth Preference and Birth Experience
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Birth
Fear of Childbirth
Education
Pregnancy
Fear
Lead sponsor: Cukurova University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-07-03
Enrollment: 67
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: Experimental and control groups
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Pregnancy and childbirth are a natural life event for women, as well as a process in which physical, biological and psychosocial changes are experienced. This process causes women to perceive childbirth as an unknown and unpredictable situation, resulting in the fear of childbirth. Due to the fear of childbirth, the daily routines, professional lives, social activities and relationships of pregnant women are significantly affected.

This study was planned to evaluate the effect of mobile education given in line with the "Guide to Coping with Fear of Birth" on fear of birth, birth preference and maternal satisfaction at birth. Research; It will be carried out at the T. C. Ministry of Health Gaziantep Cengiz Gökçek Gynecology and Pediatrics Hospital. Data; The first one is 28-30th of pregnancy. week, the second is 36-38. It will meet in three meetings in total, the third of which will be within 12-24 hours postpartum. Data, Personal Information Form (Annex-1), Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale (W-DEQ) Version A (Annex-2), Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale Version B (Annex-3) and Birth Experience Scale ( Annex-4) and Postpartum Questionnaire (Annex-5). The obtained data will be analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 program.

In this study, it is thought that the training given to women with a high level of birth fear can reduce their fear of childbirth and increase maternal satisfaction at birth.

Detailed description: The study is a randomized controlled management type study conducted to determine the effect of individual mobile training, which is reached by the "Guidelines for Coping with Fear of Birth" for primitive pregnant women.

Pregnancy and childbirth are a natural life event for women, as well as a process in which physical, biological and psychosocial changes are experienced. This process causes women to perceive childbirth as an unknown and unpredictable situation, resulting in the fear of childbirth. Due to the fear of childbirth, the daily routines, professional lives, social activities and relationships of pregnant women are significantly affected.

This study was planned to evaluate the effect of mobile education given in line with the "Guide to Coping with Fear of Birth" on fear of birth, birth preference and maternal satisfaction at birth. Research; It will be carried out at the T. C. Ministry of Health Gaziantep Cengiz Gökçek Gynecology and Pediatrics Hospital. Data; The first one is 28-30th of pregnancy. week, the second is 36-38. It will meet in three meetings in total, the third of which will be within 12-24 hours postpartum. Data, Personal Information Form (Annex-1), Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale (W-DEQ) Version A (Annex-2), Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale Version B (Annex-3) and Birth Experience Scale ( Annex-4) and Postpartum Questionnaire (Annex-5).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Primiparous,
* Having a single fetus,
* Able to read and write,
* Between the ages of 18-35,
* Volunteer to participate in the research,
* 28-30 days of pregnancy according to the last menstrual period or ultrasonography records. in the week,
* No risk factors (heart disease, placenta previa, oligohydramnios, preeclampsia, anhydramnios, diabetes, epilepsy),
* Having a telephone that can be contacted for mobile calls,
* Pregnant women who do not have any disability diagnosed for normal delivery.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having communication problems,
* Having mental deficiency,
* Those who received infertility treatment and became pregnant with assisted reproductive techniques.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Fear of birth
timeFrame: Pre-test: Wijma Birth Fear/Experience version A and B were applied between 28-30 weeks of pregnancy. Post-test: Wijma Birth Fear/Experience version A and B were applied between 36-38 weeks.
measure: Birth experience
timeFrame: Birth experience scale was applied between 12-24 hour
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Adana
country: Turkey
facility: Cukurova University
Study officials:
affiliation: Universty Of Cukurova
name: Meltem Akbaş, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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