Childbirth Education and Birth Plan on Birth Self Efficacy in Pregnant Women

NCT ID: NCT04525430

Last Updated: 2022-01-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

153 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-04-01

Study Completion Date

2017-09-01

Brief Summary

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The pregnant women constituting the sample were divided into 3 groups. Group 1 was given only childbirth education (Group-ED), group 2 was given childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan (Group-ED\&P), and group 3 was the control group, each including 51 pregnant women.

Detailed Description

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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate how pregnant women's childbirth self-efficacy was affected by childbirth education and birth plans applied with the education.

Methods: The research was carried out at seven Family Health Centers in Turkey as a randomized controlled trial. The pregnant women constituting the sample were divided into 3 groups. Group 1 was given only childbirth education (Group-ED), group 2 was given childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan (Group-ED\&P), and group 3 was the control group, each including 51 pregnant women.

Conditions

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Pregnancy Related Self Efficacy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Group 1

only childbirth education group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

childbirth education

Intervention Type OTHER

The 1st Session: General information about labor: Factors affecting labor, early signs of labor, signs of the start of labor, steps of labor, and procedures applied during labor.

The 2nd Session: Methods of coping with birth contractions: Breathing exercises, relaxation exercises, massage, changing position, music, cold/warm application, focus, and walking.

Group 2

childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan

Intervention Type OTHER

In the birth plan created by the researchers, the pregnant women considered the process from the start of labor to the end of labor and marked the expectation from and preferences about this process on the birth plan.

Group 3

standard care group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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childbirth education

The 1st Session: General information about labor: Factors affecting labor, early signs of labor, signs of the start of labor, steps of labor, and procedures applied during labor.

The 2nd Session: Methods of coping with birth contractions: Breathing exercises, relaxation exercises, massage, changing position, music, cold/warm application, focus, and walking.

Intervention Type OTHER

childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan

In the birth plan created by the researchers, the pregnant women considered the process from the start of labor to the end of labor and marked the expectation from and preferences about this process on the birth plan.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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group-ED Group-ED&P

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* pregnant women who was in the third trimester (28-40 gestational weeks),
* who was literate or had a relative/helper who would write a birth plan to be prepared,
* who were not involved in any diagnosed risk at the present pregnancy (such as preeclampsia, diabetes, heart disease, placenta previa, oligohydramnios and multiple pregnancy)
* who did not have any diagnosed problems with the health of fetus (such as fetal anomaly and intrauterine growth retardation).

Exclusion Criteria

• who had previous cesarean section were not included in the research.
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Inonu University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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zeliha sunay

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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zeliha sunay, Msc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

munzur üniversitesi

Locations

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İnönü University

Malatya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Aragon M, Chhoa E, Dayan R, Kluftinger A, Lohn Z, Buhler K. Perspectives of expectant women and health care providers on birth plans. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2013 Nov;35(11):979-985. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30785-4.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24246397 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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2017/4-3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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