NCT06795828

The Effect of Emotional Support Given During Cesarean Section on Pain, Anxiety, and Surgical Fear

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cumhuriyet University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 38 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study was conducted to determine the effect of emotional support given during cesarean section on pain, anxiety and surgical fear.

Detailed description

The experimental study sample consisted of 120 women (emotional support group: 60, control group: 60). Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State Anxiety Inventory and Surgical Fear Scale. In the comparison between the groups in the study, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean Visual Analog Scale scores of the women in the experimental and control groups in the pre-test (p\<0.05), and no difference in the post-test (p˃0.05). In the post-test measured after emotional support, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the State Anxiety Inventory scores, short-term, long-term and total Surgical Fear Scale scores between the groups (p˂0.05). After emotional support, women's pain levels increased, anxiety and surgical fear levels decreased and their satisfaction with emotional support during birth increased. Women who did not receive emotional support had significantly increased pain, anxiety and surgical fear levels.

Conditions

• Emotional Support During Cesarean Delivery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Emotional support group	Women who met the inclusion criteria and volunteered to participate in the study and were provided emotional support were administered the Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State Anxiety Inventory and Surgical Fear Scale via face-to-face interview method on the first day of their hospitalization before the caesarean section (pre-test). This application lasted 15-20 minutes. Enter a brief, descriptive title for this arm of the study.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-07-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-31
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2025-01-28
• Last updated: 2025-01-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)