Art Therapy as Treatment for Fear of Childbirth

NCT ID: NCT01457482

Last Updated: 2012-02-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

124 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-05-31

Brief Summary

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Earlier research has shown that pregnant women with a pronounced fear of childbirth have a significantly increased risk for birth complications and subsequent psychological trauma. In Sweden and also internationally, women in fear of childbirth are treated in many differing ways. Evidence for best care for these women is lacking. The Art Therapy method is a creative, psycho-therapeutic form of treatment which has been used for several decades within psychiatry. It has recently been seen that the Art Therapy method has positive effects during treatment for crisis reactions.

Recruitment has recently been initiated for a randomized controlled study of Art Therapy for the treatment of fear of childbirth.

The hypothesis for the study is as follows:

H1 = treatment with Art Therapy and therapeutic conversations will result in a decrease in fear of childbirth when compared to treatment by therapeutic conversations only.

The instrument which is to be used for measurement of childbirth fear is the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire (W-DEQ). This is a well validated instrument which was developed in Sweden. A power calculation has shown a need for 62 x 2 participants; a total of 124 women.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Fear of Childbirth

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Art therapy group

Treatment in this arm consists of five Art Therapy sessions and therapeutic conversations.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Art Therapy and therapeutic conversations

Intervention Type OTHER

Treatment consists of five sessions of Art Therapy given by an authorised Art Therapist and therapeutic conversations with specialist midwives. Number of conversations is determined by the participant.

Therapeutic conversation group

Treatment by therapeutic conversations only

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Therapeutic conversations

Intervention Type OTHER

Therapeutic conversations with specialist midwives. Number of conversations is determined by the participant.

Interventions

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Art Therapy and therapeutic conversations

Treatment consists of five sessions of Art Therapy given by an authorised Art Therapist and therapeutic conversations with specialist midwives. Number of conversations is determined by the participant.

Intervention Type OTHER

Therapeutic conversations

Therapeutic conversations with specialist midwives. Number of conversations is determined by the participant.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Pregnant women
* Pronounced fear of childbirth

Exclusion Criteria

* Women with a current psychiatric diagnosis
* Women who do not understand Swedish
* Women with a current substance misuse
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Helsingborgs Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Helen Wahlbeck

Lic.Midwife, Art therapist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Linda J Kvist, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Locations

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Helsingborg Hospital

Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Sweden

Central Contacts

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Helén Wahlbeck, Lic. Midwife

Role: CONTACT

+46 42121268

Linda J Kvist, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+46 70 2361311

Facility Contacts

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Helén Wahlbeck, Licenced Midwife

Role: primary

+46 42121268

Linda J Kvist, PhD

Role: backup

+46 702361311

References

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O'Connell MA, Khashan AS, Leahy-Warren P, Stewart F, O'Neill SM. Interventions for fear of childbirth including tocophobia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Jul 7;7(7):CD013321. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013321.pub2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34231203 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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210/422

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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