The aim of the current study is to assess the effect of antenatal education on pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and preferences of delivery mode.
This study employed a quasi-experimental design with intervention and control group. The purposive sample will consisted of 140 pregnant women who attended for prenatal care for follow up at the previously mentioned setting. The main objective of the study will to examine the effect of antenatal education on pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and preferences toward the mode of delivery. In order to accomplish the study's aim, the following research hypothesis is developed: Hypothesis 1. Pregnant women who receive antenatal education will have a higher level of knowledge and positive attitude regarding the mode of delivery than those in the control group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
140
Giving educational sessions to the intervention group regarding modes of delivery
Mansoura University
Al Mansurah, Egypt
Structured Interviewing Questionnaire.
This tool was designed by the researcher after an extensive review of the related national and international literature and was filled by the researcher It consists of three parts: Part I: Studied pregnant women's general characteristics including age, educational level of the mother and husband, residence, etc…). Part II: Obstetrical history of the studied pregnant women including gravidity, parity, history of abortion, type of previous C.S, inter-pregnancy interval, etc…). Part III: Knowledge of the studied pregnant women toward mode of delivery.
Time frame: 6 months
Tool II: Attitude of the studied pregnant women toward mode of delivery questionnaire
It was developed by the researcher. Its primary objective was to assess pregnant women attitude toward delivery mode, it consists of two parts: Part I: Attitude of the studied pregnant women toward vaginal delivery: Part II: Attitude of the studied pregnant women toward Cesarean section:
Time frame: 6 months
Tool III: Studied pregnant women's preference of delivery mode sheet.
The researcher developed this tool after reviewing the relevant literature (Elgzar, Alshahrani, \& Ibrahim, 2023) to assess pregnant women preference of delivery mode. It included two items (the type of delivery mode as normal vaginal delivery or cesarean section and causes for choosing this mode of delivery, including labor pain, the cost, doctor preference, health beliefs regarding mode of delivery, the most common mode of delivery, having previous knowledge toward the mode of delivery, and having knowledge from an educational program, etc…).
Time frame: 6 months
Hanan Elsayed, professor
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