Childbirth Education and Birth Plan on Birth Self Efficacy in Pregnant Women

Inonu University153 enrolled

Overview

The pregnant women constituting the sample were divided into 3 groups. Group 1 was given only childbirth education (Group-ED), group 2 was given childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan (Group-ED\&P), and group 3 was the control group, each including 51 pregnant women.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate how pregnant women's childbirth self-efficacy was affected by childbirth education and birth plans applied with the education. Methods: The research was carried out at seven Family Health Centers in Turkey as a randomized controlled trial. The pregnant women constituting the sample were divided into 3 groups. Group 1 was given only childbirth education (Group-ED), group 2 was given childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan (Group-ED\&P), and group 3 was the control group, each including 51 pregnant women.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

153

Conditions

Pregnancy Related Self Efficacy

Interventions

childbirth educationOTHER

The 1st Session: General information about labor: Factors affecting labor, early signs of labor, signs of the start of labor, steps of labor, and procedures applied during labor. The 2nd Session: Methods of coping with birth contractions: Breathing exercises, relaxation exercises, massage, changing position, music, cold/warm application, focus, and walking.

childbirth education and was subjected to a birth planOTHER

In the birth plan created by the researchers, the pregnant women considered the process from the start of labor to the end of labor and marked the expectation from and preferences about this process on the birth plan.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

inclusion criteria: * pregnant women who was in the third trimester (28-40 gestational weeks), * who was literate or had a relative/helper who would write a birth plan to be prepared, * who were not involved in any diagnosed risk at the present pregnancy (such as preeclampsia, diabetes, heart disease, placenta previa, oligohydramnios and multiple pregnancy) * who did not have any diagnosed problems with the health of fetus (such as fetal anomaly and intrauterine growth retardation). exclusion criteria: • who had previous cesarean section were not included in the research.

Locations (1)

İnönü University

Malatya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in birth self-efficacy level at 2 weeks (after intervention).

Childbirth Self-Efficacy was measured with Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory (CBSEI) Short Version. The scale consisted of two sub-dimensions, self-efficacy expectancy and outcome expectancy. The highest score to be taken from the sub-dimensions was 160, and the lowest score was 16. Pregnant women's having a high score on this scale meant that the level of their childbirth self-efficacy was high.

Time frame: CBSEI was administered as a pretest to all pregnant women in the three groups. After two weeks CBSEI was administered as a posttest to the pregnant women in all three groups.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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