Mother-Child Relations, Pregnancy Related
Conditions
Keywords
Leopold maneuver, pregnancy, midwifery, fetus
Brief summary
The role of motherhood; Motherhood can be defined as a learning process that includes knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors of a woman who has been handed down from generation to generation. Mother-infant attachment; At the behavioral and emotional level, it is the mother's attachment to her baby, which becomes stronger as the pregnant woman's body changes, her uterus expands and the mother begins to feel fetal movements. The fact that women adopt the role of motherhood throughout pregnancy is very important for attachment behaviors and infant attachment patterns in the early and late postpartum period.
Detailed description
It is very important for midwives to implement and teach the interventions that will enable pregnant women to take an active role in this period, in terms of perception of the role of motherhood and pregnancy distress. . The literature provides a data source for leopard maneuvers. However, I and II. There is no study on the effect of Leopold maneuvers on pregnancy distress and the perception of maternal role. This study, which is planned to support and develop awareness in this area, is important in terms of literature.
Interventions
OTHERI and II. Performing Leopold Maneuvers by the pregnant
24-32 and 32-38 days of pregnancy by the pregnant woman. 1st and 2nd leoppold maneuvers are performed by the pregnant woman, 2 times between weeks.
Sponsors
Sibel ÖZTÜRK
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
statistician
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Spontaneous single pregnancy, * 28th gestational week, * Over the age of 18, under the age of 40, * Not having communication difficulties and mental disabilities, Literate, * Not having any chronic health problems (hypertension, heart disease, * obesity etc.) * Does not have a psychiatric disease and does not use psychiatric drugs,
Exclusion criteria
* Not open to communication and cooperation during the working period, * Reluctant to participate in the research, * Not completing the questionnaires, * Pregnant women who gave birth prematurely were not included in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measuring pregnancy distress of pregnant women | two months | The Cronbach Alpha value of the scale was found to be 0.83. The scale, which can be applied to pregnant women who are twelve weeks and older, consists of 16 items and is graded as a 4-point Likert scale. The total score that can be obtained from the scale ranges from 0 to 48. A total score of 28 and above according to the cut-off point indicates that the pregnant woman is at risk for distress. The scale has 2 sub-dimensions as negative affect consisting of 11 items and partner participation consisting of 5 items. Items 1, 2, 4, 8 and 15 in the scale belong to peer involvement, other items belong to negative affect. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measuring pregnant women's perception of maternal role | two months | The internal consistency reliability of the scale was found to be between 0.81-0.85. The validity and reliability study of the scale was adapted to Turkish society by Çalışır The scale consists of 11 semantic opposite adjective pairs with 22 items and seven points, which analyze the concept of Me as a Mother. These 11 items are distributed within the 22 item opposite adjective pairs in the scale. Three items were evaluated with reverse scoring to avoid the possibility of bias while the participant was answering the questions. Items 3, 7 and 8 were evaluated over 1 point instead of 7 points. The lowest score is 11 and the highest score is 77. High total scores from the scale indicate positive motherhood self-assessment. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the Semantic Difference Scale-Me as a Mother scale was determined as 0.73-0.74. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed