NCT04525430

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

Comparison of Childbirth Education and Birth Plan With Childbirth Education Alone on Childbirth Self-Efficacy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 153 (actual)
• Sponsor: Inonu University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Pregnancy Related
• Self Efficacy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	childbirth education	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.
OTHER	childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-01
• Completion: 2017-09-01
• First posted: 2020-08-25
• Last updated: 2022-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)