Virtual Reality-Enabled Digital Storytelling
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Virtual Reality Digital Storytelling.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Primiparous Pregnant Women. Basic parameters: 18 years — 40 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.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Evaluation of the Effects of Digital Storytelling Applied to Primiparous Pregnant Women With Virtual Reality Glasses on Prenatal Attachment, Fear of Childbirth, Perception of Childbirth Self-Efficacy, and Non-Stress Test Results
Overview
Current scientific literature on VR details primarily focuses on fear and anxiety during childbirth. Variables such as attachment, fear, and self-efficacy are often considered independently. Therefore, in addition to interventions focused on the prenatal period, a need arose for holistic audiovisual and technologically supported intervention models that simultaneously address multidimensional aspects of life, such as prenatal attachment, fear of childbirth, and perception of childbirth self-efficacy.
Detailed description
This study is a randomized controlled trial conducted to evaluate the effects of digital storytelling applied to primiparous pregnant women via virtual reality glasses on prenatal attachment, fear of childbirth, perception of childbirth self-efficacy, and non-stress test results. The study will consist of two groups: an experimental and a control group. Participants in the experimental group will access a digital storytelling training program via virtual reality glasses and receive information and guidance on topics such as prenatal attachment, fear of childbirth, and perception of childbirth self-efficacy. Participants in the control group will receive standard care.
Interventions
- Behavioral Virtual Reality Digital Storytelling
Participants in the intervention group will receive digital storytelling modules using virtual reality (VR) headsets once a week for four weeks, starting at 28 weeks of gestation. Each module will include three topics (2-10 minutes). After each topic, there will be a rest period followed by an interactive session. The final two modules will be administered during the NST recording, and mother and baby status will be monitored. Each module, including the interactive session, will last 45-50 minut
Primary outcome measures
- Prenatal Attachment Inventory [Time frame: Time Frame: Pre-test (before intervention) Time Frame: Post-test (after intervention: 36th week of pregnancy, after the fourth module)]
- Wijma Childbirth Expectation/Experience Questionnaire Version A (W-DEQ-A) [Time frame: Time Frame: Pre-test (before intervention) Time Frame: Post-test (after intervention: 36th week of pregnancy, after the fourth module)]
- Short Version of the Labor Self-Efficacy Scale [Time frame: Time Frame: Pre-test (before intervention) Time Frame: Post-test (after intervention: 36th week of pregnancy, after the fourth module)]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- NST Follow-up Form [Time frame: Time Frame: 34th weeks of pregnancy (during the last two modules) Time Frame: 36th weeks of pregnancy (during the last two modules)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Primiparous women in their 28th week of pregnancy
- Between the ages of 18 and 40
- Experiencing a singleton pregnancy
- Applied to the Yozgat City Hospital Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic and agreed to participate in the study
- Have a primary school education and can understand Turkish
- Have no serious vision or balance problems that would prevent the use of VR glasses
- Have not experienced any risky pregnancy problems (premature membrane rupture, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, etc.)
- Have no identified fetal anomalies
- Have no psychiatric diagnosis
Exclusion criteria
- Pregnant women who cannot obtain a work permit and who do not agree to participate in the study will not be included in the study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07167030 · 1231