This study aims to determine the effect of white noise and stress balls administered during NST on anxiety, fetal well-being, and fear of surgery in pregnant women scheduled for planned cesarean sections. A total of 168 pregnant women will be included in the study, divided into 4 groups (white noise group, stress ball group, white noise group + stress ball group, and control group).
Participants will only be exposed to white noise and stress ball therapy; no invasive procedures will be performed. Experimental Group Participants will be invited to participate in the study through face-to-face interviews conducted individually. Participants assigned to the experimental group via randomization will be informed about the study and their consent will be obtained. Pregnant women who agree to participate in the study will receive the intervention starting 15 minutes before the NST application and continuing throughout the NST application; those in the white noise group will listen to white noise, those in the stress ball group will receive the stress ball intervention, and those in the white noise + stress ball group will listen to white noise and receive the stress ball intervention. Before the session begins, the "Informative Information Form," "NST Findings Record Form," "Surgical Fear Scale," and "Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory" will be administered. After the NST application, the "NST Findings Record Form," "Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory," and "Surgical Fear Scale" will be administered. Control Group Participants will be invited to participate in the study through face-to-face interviews conducted individually. Participants in the control group will be informed about the study and their consent will be obtained according to the randomization method. No intervention other than routine care will be performed. Participants in the control group will first be administered the "Informative Information Form," "NST Findings Record Form," "Surgical Fear Scale," and "Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory" for the pre-test. After the NST application is completed, the "NST Findings Record Form," "Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory," and "Surgical Fear Scale" will be administered.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
168
White noise listening intervention was initiated 15 minutes before the NST application. Both white noise listening and stress ball squeezing and releasing were performed throughout the NST application and for15 minutes after the application ended.
The stress ball intervention was initiated 15 minutes before the NST application. Throughout the NST application and for 15 minutes after the application ended, the stress ball squeezing and releasing exercise was performed.
White noise + stress ball intervention, starting 15 minutes before the NST application, continuing throughout the NST application, and continuing for 15 minutes after the application ends, involving both listening to white noise and squeezing and releasing the stress ball.
Adıyaman Üniversitesi
Adıyaman, Turkey (Türkiye)
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi
Kahramanmaraş, Turkey (Türkiye)
İnonu Universty
Malatya, Turkey (Türkiye)
İnonü Universty
Malatya, Turkey (Türkiye)
Surgical Fear Questionnaire (SFQ)
to determine the level of fear caused by the short- and long-term outcomes of surgical operations in patients undergoing elective surgery
Time frame: preoperative
Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory
to measure state anxiety levels in normal and abnormal individuals. It is a self-assessment type measure consisting of short statements. The State Anxiety Inventory was developed to measure a person's anxiety at a specific moment. The 20-item State Anxiety Inventory is a measure that determines how an individual feels at a specific moment and under specific conditions. The feelings or behaviors expressed in the items of the State Anxiety Inventory are answered by selecting one of the options (1) not at all, (2) a little, (3) very much, (4) completely) according to the degree of intensity. There are 10 reverse-scored items in the inventory. These items are items 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, and 20. The state anxiety score is calculated by adding 50 points to the difference between the total weighted scores of the direct and reverse items.
Time frame: preoperative
Personal Information Form (PIF)
This form was developed by researchers to identify some of the individual characteristics of pregnant women. It includes questions about some of the women's sociodemographic characteristics (such as age, education level, income and employment status, surgical history, and history of cesarean section).
Time frame: preoperative
NST Finding Form The Non-Stress Test (NST)
It is an assessment method that measures the response of fetal heart rate to fetal movements over time. If at least two or more fetal movements are observed during a 20-minute monitoring period and an increase in heart rate of at least 15 beats (acceleration) lasting at least 15 seconds occurs during these movements, the result is considered reactive or "reassuring" (ACOG, 2019). Furthermore, the absence of decelerations on the NST and an average fetal heart rate between 110-160 bpm are indicators of a healthy fetal condition (Güngör, 2016; Nacar \& Türkmen, 2022; Umana, 2022). In this context, the NST finding form was prepared by researchers, guided by the literature, to include the mean fetal heart rate, acceleration and deceleration status, and reactive/non-reactive status.
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Time frame: preoperative