Emotional Support Given at Birth to Women Effect on Birth Duration, Perception and Fear

NCT ID: NCT06479746

Last Updated: 2024-06-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-12-30

Brief Summary

Introduction: Women begin to experience fear long before birth, and the reason for their fear may be related to their baby, themselves, their partner/relatives, and the healthcare professional. Fear can disrupt the natural process of birth, prolong the stages of birth and cause postpartum complications.The research was conducted to determine the effect of emotional support given during birth on the woman's birth duration, perception and fear.

Methods:The population of the randomized controlled experimental study consisted of nulliparous women who applied for normal spontaneous birth to the Birth Unit of a State Hospital in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey (40 experimental subjects, 40 control subjects).

Detailed Description

Introduction: Women begin to experience fear long before birth, and the reason for their fear may be related to their baby, themselves, their partner/relatives, and the healthcare professional. Fear can disrupt the natural process of birth, prolong the stages of birth and cause postpartum complications.Minimizing the fears experienced during birth can lead to more successful and comfortable births, a complication-free birth and less pain for both the woman and the baby.Therefore, emotional support from healthcare professionals is important.

Aim: The research was conducted to determine the effect of emotional support given during birth on the woman's birth duration, perception and fear.

Methods:The population of the randomized controlled experimental study consisted of nulliparous women who applied for normal spontaneous birth to the Birth Unit of a State Hospital in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey (40 experimental subjects, 40 control subjects).While emotional support practices and standard care were applied to women in the experimental group, only standard care practices were applied to women in the control group. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale (W-DEQ) Version A, Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale (W-DEQ) Version B, and Women's Perceptions of Supportive Care Provided at Birth Scale.The forms were applied twice to women applying for birth: during labor (first follow-up) and the second follow-up within 2-4 hours after birth. Number and percentage distribution, chi-square test, t test in independent groups, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test, and Cohen d test were used in the evaluation of the data.

Conditions

First Pregnancy

Keywords

Birth; Emotional support; Birth perception; Fear of birth; Birth duration

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Emotional support group

Empathetic approach, listening to the feelings and thoughts, welcoming the woman's behavior and expressions, telling her that she is breathing correctly, etc.), not judging the woman, being honest, using a soft and calm tone of voice, taking the baby or asking her opinion, encouraging her to endure the birth process, touching the woman and making physical contact, allowing her to practice her beliefs, showing the baby to the mother as soon as it is born and placing it in her arms.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Emotional support

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Emotional support helps the woman giving birth effectively, meets her emotional needs and expectations, ensures her comfort, improves birth outcomes, increases her self-esteem, ensures a positive birth experience and facilitates her transition into the role of motherhood.

Standard of care Group

The control group did not receive any treatment.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Emotional support

Emotional support helps the woman giving birth effectively, meets her emotional needs and expectations, ensures her comfort, improves birth outcomes, increases her self-esteem, ensures a positive birth experience and facilitates her transition into the role of motherhood.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Nulliparous,
• Between the ages of 18-35,
• Admitted to the delivery room for normal spontaneous vaginal birth,
• Do not have any physical health problems for themselves or their baby,
• Does not have a diagnosed mental illness,
• Not having a risky pregnancy,
• Able to speak and read Turkish,
• Cervical dilatation of 4 cm or more,
• Women who were willing to participate in the study were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

-Multiparity

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cumhuriyet University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Sukran Ertekin Pinar

Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Sukran Ertekin Pinar

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cumhuriyet University

Locations

Sukran Ertekin Pinar

Sivas, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

TR SİVAS 05

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id