the Effect of Instructional Method on Decision Making

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01936610

Enrollment

Registered

2013-09-06

Start date

2010-06-30

Completion date

2011-07-31

Last updated

2013-09-06

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Conditions

Pregnancy

Keywords

Lecture, Role-playing, Knowledge, Attitude, Decision making, Type of delivery

Brief summary

In these single- blind clinical trial 67 primigravida females, gestational aged 34-36 week were selected using multi-stage sampling and assigned into two groups randomly. Decision-making (before, two weeks after and at admission in maternity department) was tested by a researcher -made questionnaire. In experiment group, advantages and disadvantages of normal delivery and cesarean-section delivery were presented by role-playing in three 90-min scenarios. It was also presented in a 90-min lecture. Data were analyzed using SPSS by mean difference test, exact fisher test, independent t-test and paired t-test.

Interventions

OTHERrole play

In this method, researcher with two other co-researchers played 3 scenarios in 7 steps (for each scenario)including warm up, selecting participant, preparing the scene, preparing observers, play ,discussion and evaluation and generalization to education about advantages and disadvantages of normal delivery and cesarean section.

OTHERlecture

Describe advantages and disadvantages in one 90-min session

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

20 Years to 28 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

primipara , single pregnancy , gestational age of 34-36 weeks ,age of 18-35 years old, no history of infertility, no indication for cesarean section, no passing educational course for delivery methods

Exclusion criteria

medical condition in pregnant woman, diagnosis of abnormal fetus / no possibility for delivery fetus by sonography, abnormal volume of amniotic fluid or placenta

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Decision making	2 weeks	Two weeks after educational course for each group (Lecture and Role play), knowledge, attitude and decision making questionnaire were completed again. They were followed at admission by phone conversation for knowing their decision.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026