The Door to the Womb at Birth: Haptonomy

NCT ID: NCT06508554

Last Updated: 2024-08-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-10-10
• Study Completion Date: 2024-08-01

Brief Summary

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effect of haptonomy application on the expectant mother's birth expectations, experiences, birth self-efficacy, birth memory and reminder during labor.

Materials and Methods: The prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled study is conducted between 10.10.2023-10.08.2024, with n=80 (40=control, 40=intervention) women volunteering to participate in the study randomly in two groups: intervention and control. In the study, the Personal Data Collection Form prepared by reviewing the literature, Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale (W-DEQ) A and B version, Labor Self-Efficacy Scale (DEÖÖ) and Birth Memory and Recall Scale (DHÖ) were used.

Conditions

Birth Outcome, Adverse; Self Efficacy; Memory Impairment; Pregnancy Related

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Control

No action will be taken. Surveys and scales will be applied.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Haptonomy

1. A face-to-face sitting position will be taken for the application.

2. Throughout the research, the study will be accompanied by the music desired by each pregnant woman. The same music chosen by the woman or couple will be used throughout the work.

3. The application will be done with the pregnant woman's eyes closed.

4. The application will start with breathing exercises and the body will be relaxed with the help of abdominal and chest breathing (hara breathing).

5. With the energy work, we will move on to the stage of harmonizing the intuitive and heart energy fields. The researcher and the pregnant woman will place their left hands on each other's hearts. The aim is to feel the energy flowing from each other, to feel the heart, to open the third eye and to prepare the hands. This study aims to increase the pregnant woman's confidence in her own emotions and body by getting to know her emotions and body.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Haptonomy

Intervention Type: OTHER

5\. With the energy work, we will move on to the stage of harmonizing the intuitive and heart energy fields. It will be ensured that the mother's communication with her baby has a spiritual dimension as well as a physical one. 6. Then the stage of touching and communicating with the baby will begin. The hands of the researcher and the pregnant woman will be placed on the pregnant woman's uterus. Then, the pregnant woman will be the first to call her baby. This call to the baby will be repeated 2-3 times. 7. The pregnant woman and her uterus will be touched and exercises will be performed to adapt to the fetus. The aim is to increase the emotional awareness of the pregnant woman and to enable her to play intrauterine games with her baby (such as calling the baby, shaking her belly, moving the baby to the touched area with the mother's voice). Haptonomy will be completed with a deep relaxation exercise that will support the heart-uterus connection accompanied by breathing exercises.

Interventions

Haptonomy

5\. With the energy work, we will move on to the stage of harmonizing the intuitive and heart energy fields. It will be ensured that the mother's communication with her baby has a spiritual dimension as well as a physical one. 6. Then the stage of touching and communicating with the baby will begin. The hands of the researcher and the pregnant woman will be placed on the pregnant woman's uterus. Then, the pregnant woman will be the first to call her baby. This call to the baby will be repeated 2-3 times. 7. The pregnant woman and her uterus will be touched and exercises will be performed to adapt to the fetus. The aim is to increase the emotional awareness of the pregnant woman and to enable her to play intrauterine games with her baby (such as calling the baby, shaking her belly, moving the baby to the touched area with the mother's voice). Haptonomy will be completed with a deep relaxation exercise that will support the heart-uterus connection accompanied by breathing exercises.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Married and pregnant women,
• ≥ 18 years old,
• Able to read, write and understand Turkish,
• Living in the city center where the study is conducted,
• Does not have any physical or psychological health problems for herself or her baby,
• Having a spontaneous pregnancy at 28.< gestational weeks,
• Those who have not received haptonomy application before,
• Pregnant women who agreed to participate in the study were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those with psychological and chronic health problems,
• Pregnant women who did not agree to participate in the study were not included.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 49 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Trakya University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Burcu KUCUKKAYA

Assist. Prof

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Bartın University

Bartın, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

2023-SBB-0594

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id