NCT05333653

Supportive Care During Childbirth and Well-being

The Effect of Continous Supportive Care at Childbirth on Maternal Psychological Well-being: A Single-blind Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 59 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mersin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of continuous supportive care (ICSC) at birth on some parameters of maternal psychological well-being.

Detailed description

This is a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Data were collected from 80 women who gave birth in the obstetrics clinic of a state hospital in the south of Turkey between December 2020 and June 2021. Participants who met the inclusion criteria were informed about the purpose of the study and the procedures to be performed, informed consent was obtained from those who agreed to participate, and women were assigned to the groups in line with a computer-based randomization program with an allocation ratio of 1:1. Block randomization could not be performed because of the different and long delivery processes. Data were collected in both groups at birth (latent phase, active phase, and transitional phase), within 24 hours of birth, and 6th-8th postpartum days after hospital admission and at least one hour of care. collected by the first author. The CONSORT directive was followed in the planning, implementation and writing of the research.

Conditions

• Psychological Well-being
• Childbirth
• Care Pattern, Maternal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Continouse supportive care	Participants were provided care in different rooms, blinded to the differences in practice used between the two groups. In the same clinic, a room was designed as a positive delivery room by the researchers and a relaxing environment was created. In this room, supportive care parameters recommended by The Royal College of Midwives (2012) were applied to the women in the ICSC group in line with their preferences. Participants in the control group, on the other hand, received routine care given in the hospital by other midwives in the clinic.
OTHER	routine care	Participants in the control group, on the other hand, received the routine care given in the hospital by other midwives in the clinic, and there was a change of caregiver midwife during shift changes. The care provided in the hospital during delivery is mostly focused on low level of physical comfort and high level of follow-up.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-15
• Primary completion: 2021-03-15
• Completion: 2021-06-27
• First posted: 2022-04-19
• Last updated: 2022-04-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)