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The Effect of Potcost Stories on Childbirth Fear,

No phase Interventional Postnatal Care

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What is being studied: The protocol lists: Podcast olumlu doğum hikayeler.
Who it may be relevant to: Registry conditions: Postnatal Care. Basic parameters: 18 years — 35 years · Female.
What needs checking: Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
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Official title

The Effect of Potcost Stories on Childbirth Fear, Pain and Delivery Method

Overview

Detailed description

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.

Interventions

Behavioral 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

Primary outcome measures

Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale (W-DEQ) Version A [Time frame: 1 MOUNT]
VASA Pain [Time frame: 1 HOUR]
Birth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) [Time frame: 1 HOUR]

Eligibility criteria

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.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation: Randomized
Model: Parallel assignment
Masking: Double blind
Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Study locations

Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.

Publications

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. PMID 37405439
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. PMID 37501120
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. PMID 38687635

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06740682 · 2024/11 GO 2024/596

Primary sources (government registries)

ClinicalTrials.gov (US NIH)

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