Evaluating the Effect of Hugging and Praying on Traumatic Birth Perception, Birth Pain, and Birth Anxiety

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Overview

Pregnant women participating in our study will receive the intervention (hugging, praying, and hugging + praying) from the researcher or a relative as often as they wish during labor and contractions. These sessions will be administered during each stage of labor, taking into account when the pregnant woman is ready to begin the intervention. For the hugging group, hugging sessions will be performed whenever the pregnant woman wants and during contractions, if she wishes, by a relative (husband, mother, sister, etc.) or midwife. The pregnant woman can be hugged for as long as she wants or for 5-10 minutes. For the prayer group, whenever the pregnant woman wishes, or during contractions if she wishes, a close relative (husband, mother, sister, etc.) or midwife will recite a prayer chosen by the pregnant woman, if she has one; if she does not have a preferred prayer, the first 5 verses of Surah Al-Inshiqaq will be recited: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 1. When the sky is split asunder, 2. And obeys the command of its Lord, 3. When the earth is stretched out flat, 4. And casts forth what is within it, 5. And obeys the command of its Lord, every person will be confronted with what they have done! To be read together Before starting the first session, the "Information Form," "Visual Analog Scale," Traumatic Birth Perception Scale, and "Oxford Birth Anxiety Scale (Appendix 4)" will be administered. and at the end of the first, second, and fourth stages of birth, the "Visual Analog Scale," "Traumatic Birth Perception Scale," and "Oxford Birth Anxiety Scale" will be administered.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

164

Conditions

The Effect of Hugging and Praying on Traumatic Birth Perception, Pain, and Anxiety

Interventions

Hugging group,OTHER

For the hugging group, hugging sessions will be provided whenever the pregnant woman desires and during contractions, if she wishes, by a close relative (husband, mother, sister, etc.) or midwife. The pregnant woman can be hugged for as long as she wants or for 5-10 minutes.

Prayer groupOTHER

For the prayer group, whenever the pregnant woman wishes, or during contractions if she wishes, a close relative (husband, mother, sister, etc.) or midwife will recite a prayer of the pregnant woman's choice, if she has one; if she does not have a preferred prayer, the first 5 verses of Surah Al-Inshiqaq will be recited: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 1. When the sky is split asunder, 2. And obeys the command of its Lord, 3. When the earth is stretched out flat, 4. And casts forth what is within it, 5. And obeys the command of its Lord, every person will be confronted with what they have done! To be recited together

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * No communication barriers * Applying to Ağrı Training and Research Hospital for normal delivery within the study dates * Volunteering to participate in the study * No contraindications for normal vaginal delivery (e.g., cephalopelvic disproportion) * Being at term (38-42 weeks) * No condition preventing praying and hugging Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate in the study * Maternal disease (heart disease, diabetes, etc.) * Having a preterm or postterm pregnancy * Undergoing an emergency cesarean section during follow-up * Having a fetal malformation (anencephaly, Down syndrome, etc.) * Not answering the questions in the questionnaire

Locations (1)

Ağri İbrahim Çeçen Universty

Ağrı, Ağrı, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Information Form

This form, prepared by the researcher in line with the literature, inquires about the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants.

Time frame: Before starting the first session average 8 months

Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

It is a one-dimensional scale that objectively assesses a pregnant woman's perception of pain. It allows some values that cannot be measured numerically to be converted into numerical values. In 1921, Hayes and Peterson argued that emotional levels could be expressed on lines. The VAS was first developed and used by Bond and Pilowsky in 1966. The VAS is a 100 mm (10 cm) ruler used to quantitatively determine pain intensity, with one end representing painlessness (0 = no pain) and the other end representing the most severe pain (10 = severe pain). The patient marks any point between the two points that corresponds to the severity of their pain. The distance between the end of the scale representing painlessness and the point marked by the patient is measured with a ruler and recorded in centimeters. This numerical value indicates the pregnant woman's pain intensity. 0 cm = No pain, 0.53 cm = Mild pain, 3.5-6.5 = Moderate (Ergin, 2013; Aslan, 2006; Mucuk, 2009).

Time frame: average 8 months

Traumatic Birth Perception Scale

TThe Traumatic Birth Perception Scale (TBRS), developed by Yalnız et al. in 2016, is a thirteen-item, unidimensional Likert-type separation scale (Yalnız et al., 2016). Scores range from 0 to 10 for all items not requiring reverse scoring. The minimum scale score is 0 and the maximum is 130. The total scale score ranges from 0 to 26, indicating very low levels of perception of traumatic birth; 27 to 52, indicating low levels; 53 to 78, indicating moderate levels; 79 to 104, indicating high levels; and 105 to 130, indicating very high levels of perception of traumatic birth. The scale's Cronbach's alpha coefficient is .89 (Yalnız et al., 2016).

Time frame: average 8 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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