The Effect Of Web-Based Birth Preparation Education Given To Pregnant Women On Prenatal Attachment And Fear Of Birth

NCT ID: NCT07201623

Last Updated: 2025-10-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-12

Study Completion Date

2023-09-28

Brief Summary

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WEB-BASED CHILDBIRTH PREPARATION TRAINING GIVEN TO PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL ATTACHMENT AND ITS EFFECT ON FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH

Detailed Description

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Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of web-based childbirth preparation education on prenatal attachment and fear of childbirth.

Materials and methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted between February 2021 and January 2022 with the participation of 102 pregnant women who met the research criteria in family and community health centers and state hospital in Çankırı city center. Participants in the intervention group were sent 15 and 45-minute video links of the modules in the birth preparation training program uploaded to the web base. The participants' viewing status of the videos was checked weekly, and the duration of the participants in the intervention group watching the training videos for the modules was limited to 6 weeks. Participants in the control group did not receive any intervention other than the routine clinical care they received. The study data were collected with a questionnaire prepared using the "Introductory Information Form", "Maternal Fetal Attachment Scale" and "Wijma Birth Expectancy Scale -A Version". The data obtained in the study were evaluated in the computer environment using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 22.0 statistical program.

Conditions

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Diabetes Mellitus Chronic Disease of Cardiovascular System

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Materials and methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted between February 2021 and January 2022 with the participation of 102 pregnant women who met the research criteria in family and community health centers and state hospital in Çankırı city center. Participants in the intervention group were sent 15 and 45-minute video links of the modules in the birth preparation training program uploaded to the web base. The participants' viewing status of the videos was checked weekly, and the duration of the participants in the intervention group watching the training videos for the modules was limited to 6 weeks.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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intervention group

group providing web-based childbirth preparation training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

web-based childbirth preparation education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

group providing web-based childbirth preparation training

control group

the group that did not receive web-based childbirth preparation education

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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web-based childbirth preparation education

group providing web-based childbirth preparation training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Pregnant women who: · Live in Çankırı province, · 18 years of age or older, · Have no vision or hearing problems, · Have not been diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy, · Between 28 and 32 weeks pregnant, · Able to use the internet on a computer or phone,

* Agree to be monitored via various communication tools (phone, social media), · Have not previously received childbirth preparation training or education from a pregnancy school,
* Volunteer to participate in the study were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* At each stage of the study, pregnant women who refused to participate were excluded from the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Çankırı Karatekin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ebru YILDIRIM

Research Assistant

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Çankiri Karatekin Üniversitesi

Çankırı, Çankırı, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Ustunsoz A, Guvenc G, Akyuz A, Oflaz F. Comparison of maternal-and paternal-fetal attachment in Turkish couples. Midwifery. 2010 Apr;26(2):e1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.12.006. Epub 2010 Feb 20.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20172635 (View on PubMed)

Wijma K, Wijma B, Zar M. Psychometric aspects of the W-DEQ; a new questionnaire for the measurement of fear of childbirth. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 1998 Jun;19(2):84-97. doi: 10.3109/01674829809048501.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9638601 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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E53449070-779-96

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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