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The Effect of Potcost Stories on Childbirth Fear,

ConditionPostnatal Care
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-35
SponsorBurdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

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

Disqualifiers

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

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Podcast olumlu doğum hikayeler

    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

Treatment groups

96 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Control GroupNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Potcost StoriesActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale (W-DEQ) Version A

The Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale Version A (W-DEQ A), developed by K. Wijma et al. in Sweden in 1998, was adapted to Turkish by Körükçü et al. in 2012. The W-DEQ consists of 33 items and is a six-point Likert-type scale. The item responses are numbered from 0 to 5, with 0 indicating "completely" and 5 indicating "not at all". The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is 0, and the maximum score is 165. The cut-off value is 85 points, and a score of 85 and above is expressed as clinical fear. A high total scale score means that the degree of fear experienced is also high. * W-DEQ score ? 37 is mild, * W-DEQ score = 38-65 is moderate, * W-DEQ score = 66-84 is severe, * W-DEQ score ? 85 indicates clinical fear. Questions 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 19, 20, 24, 25, 27 and 31 in the scale are negatively loaded and are calculated by reversing in order to ensure compliance in the measurement. The Cronbach a

Time frame
1 MOUNT
2

VASA Pain

The numerical pain rating scale (NAS) is used to assess pain intensity. In the numerical rating scale, pain is rated between 0 (absence of pain) and 10 (unbearable pain) (Price et al., 1983)

Time frame
1 HOUR
3

Birth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ)

The Birth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ), developed by Dencker et al. in 2010, was adapted to Turkish by Mamuk et al. in 2019. The scale, which was developed to measure women's birth experience in different dimensions, has four sub-dimensions and 22 items. It consists of the Birth process with 8 items, Professional help / Support with 5 items, Perceived Security / Memories with 6 items and Participation in Decisions with 3 items. * Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21 in the Birth Process sub-dimension; * Questions 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 in the Professional help / Support sub-dimension; * Questions 3, 7, 8, 9, 18, 22 in the Perceived Security / Memories sub-dimension; * Questions 10, 11, 12 are included in the Participation in Decisions sub-dimension. The first 19 items of the scale are in the four-point Likert type and are scored from 1 to 4. • Completely agree = 1, • Mostly agree = 2, • Partially agree = 3, • Strongly disagree = 4. The last three

Time frame
1 HOUR

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Locations

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Sponsors and contacts

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Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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