Pregnancy Related, Self Efficacy
Conditions
Keywords
pregnancy, childbirth education, birth plan, self efficacy, midwifery
Brief summary
The pregnant women constituting the sample were divided into 3 groups. Group 1 was given only childbirth education (Group-ED), group 2 was given childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan (Group-ED&P), and group 3 was the control group, each including 51 pregnant women.
Detailed description
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate how pregnant women's childbirth self-efficacy was affected by childbirth education and birth plans applied with the education. Methods: The research was carried out at seven Family Health Centers in Turkey as a randomized controlled trial. The pregnant women constituting the sample were divided into 3 groups. Group 1 was given only childbirth education (Group-ED), group 2 was given childbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan (Group-ED&P), and group 3 was the control group, each including 51 pregnant women.
Interventions
OTHERchildbirth education
The 1st Session: General information about labor: Factors affecting labor, early signs of labor, signs of the start of labor, steps of labor, and procedures applied during labor. The 2nd Session: Methods of coping with birth contractions: Breathing exercises, relaxation exercises, massage, changing position, music, cold/warm application, focus, and walking.
OTHERchildbirth education and was subjected to a birth plan
In the birth plan created by the researchers, the pregnant women considered the process from the start of labor to the end of labor and marked the expectation from and preferences about this process on the birth plan.
Sponsors
Inonu University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* pregnant women who was in the third trimester (28-40 gestational weeks), * who was literate or had a relative/helper who would write a birth plan to be prepared, * who were not involved in any diagnosed risk at the present pregnancy (such as preeclampsia, diabetes, heart disease, placenta previa, oligohydramnios and multiple pregnancy) * who did not have any diagnosed problems with the health of fetus (such as fetal anomaly and intrauterine growth retardation).
Exclusion criteria
• who had previous cesarean section were not included in the research.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in birth self-efficacy level at 2 weeks (after intervention). | CBSEI was administered as a pretest to all pregnant women in the three groups. After two weeks CBSEI was administered as a posttest to the pregnant women in all three groups. | Childbirth Self-Efficacy was measured with Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory (CBSEI) Short Version. The scale consisted of two sub-dimensions, self-efficacy expectancy and outcome expectancy. The highest score to be taken from the sub-dimensions was 160, and the lowest score was 16. Pregnant women's having a high score on this scale meant that the level of their childbirth self-efficacy was high. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed