Determining the effect of motivational interviewing-based counseling on women's decision-making strategies to continue an unwanted pregnancy.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: In the intervention group, in addition to routine pregnancy care, a combination of individual and group counseling using motivational interviewing will be provided
Sponsors
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 54 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Iranian nationality, age 18-54 years, unwanted pregnancy with mother's self-declaration that the pregnancy was unwanted and decision to abort or doubt about accepting the pregnancy, gestational age under 12 weeks,Lack of medical indication for abortion and physical or mental illnesses that would interfere with the counseling process and referral to comprehensive health service centers in Birjand and Mashhad to receive health care services and abortion prevention centers in these two cities
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Unwillingness to continue participating in the research, failure to attend a counseling session, failure to complete the questionnaire questions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of the average scores of resistance constructs in acceptance in women with unwanted pregnancies, before and after motivational interviewing-based counseling intervention. Timepoint: Measurement time: before the intervention, immediately after the end of the sessions, and one month after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Style questionnaires and strategies for women's decision-making regarding abortion or continuation of an unwanted pregnancy and the GHQ mental health questionnaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determining the effect of motivational interviewing-based counseling on women's decision-making strategies to continue an unwanted pregnancy. Timepoint: Measurement time: before the intervention, immediately after the end of the sessions, and one month after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaires on women's decision-making styles and strategies regarding abortion or continuation of unwanted pregnancy: It has 27 items arranged in four factors, which include avoidance-justification strategies, resistance to acceptance, analytical strategies, and confirmation strategies. Scoring is based on a five-point Likert scale, and a higher score on each subscale indicates the dominance of that decision-making style in the individual. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactHaniyeh Hajian
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed