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The Effect of Potcost Stories on Childbirth Fear,

NCT ID: NCT06740682

Last Updated: 2024-12-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

96 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-01-01

Study Completion Date

2025-08-30

Brief Summary

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Birth is an important period that affects a woman's life physically, psychologically and socially. Although this experience can bring joy, it can also be accompanied by anxiety and fear. Fear of birth is affected by people's past traumatic birth experiences, lack of information, and the transfer of birth experiences experienced by individuals . Birth stories are one of the most accessible and frequently used tools for women to learn about birth. These stories are seen to affect women's fears of birth and their birth preferences .This study will evaluate the impact of Potcost Stories on childbirth-related fear, pain, experiences and mode of delivery.

Detailed Description

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Birth is an important period that affects a woman's life physically, psychologically and socially. Although this experience can bring joy, it can also be accompanied by anxiety and fear. Fear of birth is affected by people's past traumatic birth experiences, lack of information, and the transfer of birth experiences experienced by individuals . Birth stories are one of the most accessible and frequently used tools for women to learn about birth. These stories are seen to affect women's fears of birth and their birth preferences .The World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasized the importance of education given during pregnancy in reducing a positive birth experience and fear of birth. . Advances in technology have made podcasts, videos, and mobile phone applications (apps) widely used in training. As a result of these trainings, behavioral changes are observed in people. It has been reported that being supported by midwives during pregnancy and encouraging birth as a positive experience reduces the fear of birth . Therefore, sharing positive birth stories in pregnancy schools and antenatal care is of great importance. However, it is thought that using podcast stories and sharing women's positive birth experiences together will reduce fear during birth and increase vaginal birth. Therefore, in this study, a podcast of stories that pregnant women can listen to again whenever they want, including positive birth experiences, was prepared. This study aimed to determine the effects of potcost stories on fear, pain, satisfaction and birth outcomes related to birth. We aim for the findings and results of the study to contribute to the midwifery and nursing care literature.

This study will evaluate the effects of Potcost Stories on fear, pain, experiences and delivery type related to birth.

Conditions

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Postnatal Care

Keywords

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Potcost Stories fear pain experiences birth

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control Group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Potcost Stories

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Podcast olumlu doğum hikayeler

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

ositive birth stories were listened to by women who gave birth in the hospital included in the study and created with their permission. The podcast recording was done in a single session. These positive birth stories were expertly reviewed by 3 obstetricians and 3 academics. Each podcast content is 10 to 20 minutes (Cai et al., 2023). A WhatsApp reminder msg will be sent so that the stories are not forgotten.

In addition, the pregnant woman will be contacted by phone and trained to listen (Cai et al., 2023).

Participants will be allowed to listen to the podcasts as much as they want (Cai et al., 2023). After listening to each story, their feedback will be received and the participants' doubts will be clarified. (Cai et al., 2023; Çankaya and Şimşek, 2021; Mousavi et al., 2022).

Based on multimedia principles, podcast positive birth experiences will be prepared (Clark and Mayer, 2023). Week 24, Week 30-32, Week 36-38 First story

Interventions

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Podcast olumlu doğum hikayeler

ositive birth stories were listened to by women who gave birth in the hospital included in the study and created with their permission. The podcast recording was done in a single session. These positive birth stories were expertly reviewed by 3 obstetricians and 3 academics. Each podcast content is 10 to 20 minutes (Cai et al., 2023). A WhatsApp reminder msg will be sent so that the stories are not forgotten.

In addition, the pregnant woman will be contacted by phone and trained to listen (Cai et al., 2023).

Participants will be allowed to listen to the podcasts as much as they want (Cai et al., 2023). After listening to each story, their feedback will be received and the participants' doubts will be clarified. (Cai et al., 2023; Çankaya and Şimşek, 2021; Mousavi et al., 2022).

Based on multimedia principles, podcast positive birth experiences will be prepared (Clark and Mayer, 2023). Week 24, Week 30-32, Week 36-38 First story

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Those who have completed at least primary school education

* Those who can speak, understand and write Turkish
* Those between the ages of 18-35
* Those who have spontaneous pregnancy
* Those who volunteer to participate in the study
* Those who are in the 24th week of pregnancy according to their last menstrual period (LMT) or ultrasound (USG) records
* Those who have no risk factors
* Those who have a phone number that can be used for educational interviews
* Those who attend a pregnancy school

Exclusion Criteria

* Those who have fear of childbirth

* Those who have chronic and/or psychiatric health problems
* Those who did not attend at least three sessions of the education program
* Those who were at risk during the pregnancy at any stage of the study
* Those who could not be interviewed within the first 24 hours after birth were excluded from the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mine Gokduman Keles

Dr

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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MİNE GÖKDUMAN

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 248 213 82 50

Email: [email protected]

References

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Aslantas BN, Cankaya S. The effect of birth ball exercise on labor pain, delivery duration, birth comfort, and birth satisfaction: a randomized controlled study. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2024 Jun;309(6):2459-2474. doi: 10.1007/s00404-023-07115-4. Epub 2023 Jul 5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37405439 (View on PubMed)

Alizadeh-Dibazari Z, Abdolalipour S, Mirghafourvand M. The effect of prenatal education on fear of childbirth, pain intensity during labour and childbirth experience: a scoping review using systematic approach and meta-analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Jul 27;23(1):541. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05867-0.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37501120 (View on PubMed)

Abadi Marzoni Z, Bakouei F, Aghajani Delavar M, Hamidia A, Sepidarkish M. Midwife-led psycho-education intervention to reduce childbirth fear: a quasi-experimental study. Health Educ Res. 2024 May 11;39(3):245-253. doi: 10.1093/her/cyae017.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38687635 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2024/11 GO 2024/596

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id