Pregnancy
Conditions
Keywords
nulliparous momen
Brief summary
This study investigates the effect of education and counseling on anxiety and depression in nullipar women.
Detailed description
Pregnancy is a special process in a woman's life in which physiological, social and psychological changes occur. In this process, most women experience anxiety and depression, which are an important global health problem.The fear of uncertainty experienced by women who will become mothers for the first time may cause them to experience more anxiety/depression. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of education and counseling on anxiety and depression of women. This randomized controlled study was conducted at state hospital in northern Turkey , Obstetrics and Gynecology polyclinic between January 2022 and March 2022. Volunteer women undergoing polyclinic have been included. Participants were randomly assigned to the intervention or the control group using a computer-generated list. A data collection form including socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics such as age, educational status, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) was used for each patient. After obtaining written informed consent, the data collection form, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) were applied to both groups by face to face interview. Immediately after the questionnaires were applied, the nurse gave individual education and counseling were giving by the nurse researcher to intervention group for 30 minutes. Participants in the control group received standard care (verbal information about procedure and a short written information about the procedure) and no intervention (education and counseling) was performed.The IBM SPSS (Statistical package for the Social Sciences) 23.0 package program was used to evaluate the data obtained in the study.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEducation and counseling
After obtaining informed consent, the data collection form, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) was applied to both groups by face to face interview. Immediately after the questionnaires were answered, individual education and counseling were giving by the nurse researcher to intervention group for 30 minutes. In addition, the education and counseling given to the participants by the researcher.The experimental group was given a telephone number where they could receive consultancy services for 12 hours a day. Pre-test was applied. One day later, the pregnant woman was called and encouraged to call for all her questions, and she was informed that she would be returned when she called.
Sponsors
Ondokuz Mayıs University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
This randomized controlled study was conducted at state hospital of nothern Turkey Obstetrics and Gynecology polyclinic between January 2021 and January 2022. The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) guidelines for reporting randomised controlled trials (RCTs) has been used to describe the methods.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* A healthy pregnant woman over 18 years of age, * without a diagnosed psychiatric disease, * without mental disability and communication problems, * at 28 weeks of gestation, * nulliparous, * without fetal anomaly, * without risky pregnancy
Exclusion criteria
* A healthy pregnant woman under 18 years of age, * with a diagnosed psychiatric disease, * with mental disability and communication problems, * under 28 weeks of gestation, * multiparous, * with fetal anomaly, * with risky pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) | 30 minutes | The HADS contains 14 items and consists of two subscales: anxiety and depression. Each item is rated on a four-point scale, giving maximum scores of 21 for anxiety and depression. Scores of 11 or more on either subscale are considered to be a significant 'case' of psychological morbidity, while scores of 8-10 represents 'borderline' and 0-7 'normal' (Zigmont ve Snaith). |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed