The aim of this study is to explore the information provided to mothers about labor induction and its connection to their childbirth experience. In addition, the study examines how the use of social media may influence the birth experience among patients undergoing labor induction.
Subject undergoing planned induction of labor will be recruited. At recruitment the participants will be asked to answer a questionnaire. Follow-up questionnaires will be sent to the participants one week and three months after the induction. The first questionnaire assesses how well the participants were informed about the induction. The following questionnaires will assess the childbirth experience and induction experience. The main aim of the study is to investigate whether being being well informed about the induction of labor is related to better experience of childbirth. Moreover, the correlation between reported social media use and childbirth experience will be evaluated. After obtaining full data from the first 50 subjects an interim analysis will be performed, to decide the final target sample size.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Turku University Hospital
Turku, Finland
RECRUITINGChildbirth experience
Childbirth experience assessed using visual analog scale (VAS) where 0 is the worst possible and 10 the best possible childbirth experience.
Time frame: Three months after induction of labor
Childbirth experience
Childbirth experience assessed using visual analog scale (VAS) where 0 is the worst possible and 10 the best possible childbirth experience.
Time frame: One week after induction of labor
Experience of labor induction
Assessed using visual analog scale (VAS) where 0 is the worst possible and 10 the best possible labor induction experience.
Time frame: One week after induction of labor
Experience of labor induction
Assessed using visual analog scale (VAS) where 0 is the worst possible and 10 the best possible labor induction experience.
Time frame: Three months after induction of labor
Did childbirth experience meet participant's expectations
Four points Likert scale with the following possible answers: 1) very poorly, 2) quite poorly, 3) quite well, 4) very well.
Time frame: One week after induction of labor
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