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Effect of counselling and relaxation techniques on fear of childbirth, birth satisfaction, and well-being among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic.

A study to evaluate the impact of counselling and relaxation techniques on fear of childbirth, birth satisfaction, and post partum well-being among pregnant women attending antenatal OPD at IMS & SUM hospital at Bhubaneswar, Odisha - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/03/105409
Enrollment
112
Registered
2026-03-05
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-30

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: COUNSELLING & RELAXATION TECHNIQUES: The intervention involves only non-invasive counselling and relaxation techniques, each delivered in three structured sessions of 30 minutes from 3

Sponsors

JAIETA MANDAL
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Pregnant women attending the antenatal OPD of the selected tertiary care hospital. 2. Women in the third trimester of pregnancy (34 - 36 weeks gestation). 3. Women carrying a singleton pregnancy with no known fetal anomalies. 4. Women who can understand and communicate in the local language (Odia,English,hindi) as applicable. 5. Women who are willing to participate, provide written informed consent. 6. Women who are decide to delivery in this hospital, available for follow-up until the postpartum data collection period.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Women with severe psychiatric illness or those currently receiving psychological therapy/psychotropic medication. Women with high-risk pregnancies (e.g., severe pre-eclampsia, placenta previa with bleeding, severe cardiac disease) that may affect safe participation.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
counselling and relaxation techniques improve childbirth fear, birth satisfaction, and postpartum well-being among mothers.Timepoint: 1st Outcome( Childbirth Fear):Measured immediately after the 3rd session,2nd Outcome (Birth Satisfaction):Measured immediately after delivery,3rd Outcome(Postpartum Well-being):Measured 2 weeks after delivery

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactJaieta Mandal

SUM Nursing College

Jaietamandal@gmail.com6372192357

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026