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Online Childbirth Preparation Education in Covid-19 Pandemic

NCT ID: NCT05115071

Last Updated: 2021-12-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-11-08

Study Completion Date

2021-12-10

Brief Summary

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Today, pregnancy and childbirth are important life events that involve many difficulties and changes that must be overcome for both men and women. During this process, changes occur in the pregnant woman's body, emotional state and family life. These changes often cause pregnant women to experience anxiety about the baby's health and their own health, and to create new stressful situations. Adding the pandemic conditions to this situation further complicates the process and it is seen that the fears of women towards the birth and postpartum period will increase even more. Childbirth preparation classes reduce the fear and anxiety of women and create a positive perception of birth. For this reason, it is more important to give birth preparation education to women during in pregnancy during the pandemic period. However, it is not possible to give face-to-face birth preparation education to women in this process. For this reason, the aim of this study is to examine the effect of online childbirth preparation education in pregnancy on worries and fear of birth, preparation for birth, and well-being of self and baby in the Covid 19 pandemic.

The research is a pre-post test randomized controlled experimental study. The block randomization method will be used. The universe of the research will consist of women who applied to Pamukkale University Research and Application Hospital pregnant outpatient clinic, and have a healthy pregnancy at 24-34 weeks of gestation. The education will be done online. The sample size was calculated in the G\*power statistics program using the data of a study in which the childbirth preparation education intervention was previously performed (α =0.05, d=1.05). Accordingly, it was found that 16 people should be taken for each group to sampling for 80% power. Considering that there might be losses, the number of samples was increased by 10% and it was planned to include a total of 36 people in the study. Intention-to-treat analysis will be performed to manage bias and losses.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Birth, First COVID-19 Fear of Childbirth

Keywords

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online childbirth preparation fear of childbirth worries on birth preparation for birth well-being of self and baby Covid 19 pandemic

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Single blind pre-post test randomized controlled design
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Experimental

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Childbirth preparation education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Purpose: The aim of the birth preparation education is to eliminate the fears and concerns of pregnant women about birth and to prepare them for birth during the Covid-19 Pandemic process.

Education hours: The education will be completed in total two weeks and eight hours, consisting of two days and four hours each week.

Method: The education will be given online through the Microsoft Teams application. Each training day will consist of two lessons. Each lesson will last 45 minutes. There will be a 15-minute break between the two lessons. The first lesson will be conducted in the form of a question and answer session with a power-point presentation.In the second lesson, relaxation exercises will be applicated and evaluations will be taken at the end of the lesson.

The group that will receive the education: Healthy pregnant women between 24-34 weeks of gestation will be included in the training. Trainings will continue with closed groups.

No intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Childbirth preparation education

Purpose: The aim of the birth preparation education is to eliminate the fears and concerns of pregnant women about birth and to prepare them for birth during the Covid-19 Pandemic process.

Education hours: The education will be completed in total two weeks and eight hours, consisting of two days and four hours each week.

Method: The education will be given online through the Microsoft Teams application. Each training day will consist of two lessons. Each lesson will last 45 minutes. There will be a 15-minute break between the two lessons. The first lesson will be conducted in the form of a question and answer session with a power-point presentation.In the second lesson, relaxation exercises will be applicated and evaluations will be taken at the end of the lesson.

The group that will receive the education: Healthy pregnant women between 24-34 weeks of gestation will be included in the training. Trainings will continue with closed groups.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Be over 18 years old
* Volunteering to participate in research
* Be at 24-34 weeks of gestation
* Be nulliparous
* Not having a high risk pregnancy
* Be able to read and write Turkish
* Be able to fill out an online survey form
* Planning to have a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery

Exclusion Criteria

* Be under the age of 18
* Not completing eight hours of childbirth preparation education
* Having a mental disorder that prevents answering survey questions
* Having a psychiatric illness
* Be able not use Microsoft Teams app
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Pamukkale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Okan Vardar

Lecturer

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Pamukkale University

Denizli, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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E-60116787-020-10516

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id