NCT05662176

The Effect of Trauma Informed Care in Childbirth

The Effect of Supportive Care Based on Trauma Informed Care at Childbirth on Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes: a Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 91 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mersin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of supportive care based on trauma informed care during childbirth on perinatal mental health outcomes.

Detailed description

This is a randomized control experimental study. Data were collected from 100 women who attended supportive care based on trauma informed care or standart care from Turkey between July 2022 and September 2022. 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	Experimental: Supportive Care based on trauma informed 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 based on trauma informed care was provided to the experimental group during birth.
OTHER	Standart 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: 2022-07-31
• Primary completion: 2022-12-25
• Completion: 2022-12-25
• First posted: 2022-12-22
• Last updated: 2023-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)