Clinical trial NCT06795828: The Effect of Emotional Support Given During Cesarean Section on Pain, Anxiety, and Surgical Fear
Official title: The Effect of Emotional Support Given During Cesarean Section on Pain, Anxiety, and Surgical Fear
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Emotional Support During Cesarean Delivery
Keywords: Caesarean
Emotional Support
Pain
Anxiety
Fear of Surgery
Lead sponsor: Cumhuriyet University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-01-28
Enrollment: 120
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 38
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The study was conducted to determine the effect of emotional support given during cesarean section on pain, anxiety and surgical fear.

Detailed description: The experimental study sample consisted of 120 women (emotional support group: 60, control group: 60). Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State Anxiety Inventory and Surgical Fear Scale. In the comparison between the groups in the study, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean Visual Analog Scale scores of the women in the experimental and control groups in the pre-test (p\<0.05), and no difference in the post-test (p˃0.05). In the post-test measured after emotional support, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the State Anxiety Inventory scores, short-term, long-term and total Surgical Fear Scale scores between the groups (p˂0.05). After emotional support, women's pain levels increased, anxiety and surgical fear levels decreased and their satisfaction with emotional support during birth increased. Women who did not receive emotional support had significantly increased pain, anxiety and surgical fear levels.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Women who had a history of spinal anesthesia for the first time during a cesarean delivery,
* Who were going to have a planned cesarean before spontaneous contractions started,
* Who had no health problems with their babies,
* Who had no physical or mental problems themselves,
* Who had no communication difficulties,
* Women who volunteered to participate were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Women who had a normal spontaneous delivery,
* Women who had a cesarean after labor/spontaneous contractions started,
* Women who had any health problems with their babies,
* Women who had a physical or mental illness themselves,
* Women who did not want to participate in the study were not included in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Surgical Fear Scale
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: State Anxiety Inventory
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Visual Analog Scale
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Surgical Fear Scale
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: State Anxiety Inventory
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: Visual Analog Scale
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sivas
country: Turkey
facility: Sukran Ertekin Pinar
Study officials:
affiliation: Cumhuriyet University
name: Sukran Ertekin Pinar, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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