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The Effect of Emotional Resilience Training on Fear of Birth and Depression in Primiparous Pregnant Women

The Effect of Emotional Resilience Training on Fear of Birth and Depression in Primiparous Pregnant Women: Randomized Controlled Study

Status
Enrolling by invitation
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06377891
Enrollment
80
Registered
2024-04-22
Start date
2024-04-16
Completion date
2024-12-30
Last updated
2024-04-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Depression, Fear of Childbirth

Keywords

Resilience, Pregnant, Primiparous, Fear of Childbirth, Depression

Brief summary

Although birth has a great place in a woman's life, factors such as the woman's education level, personal experiences, social support status, whether the pregnancy is planned or not, the family's attitude towards pregnancy, and socioeconomic status increase the burden of pregnancy and can create a stressful situation for the woman. While the pain that may be experienced during birth, thoughts about the baby's health and postpartum baby care further increase this fear, primiparous women who will give birth for the first time experience many emotions that they cannot define and cannot predict the situations they will encounter during birth. The most important situation that will cause pain during birth is fear. So much so that fear of birth may cause women to avoid pregnancy and increase optional abortions.In particular, fear of birth may increase cesarean delivery rates and also lead to negative maternal outcomes such as poor mental health after birth. Fear experienced during the antenatal period can lead to difficult births, mother-baby attachment problems, and depression. While fear of birth causes depression and anxiety disorders in the postpartum period, it is stated that depression experienced during pregnancy may increase the fear of birth, or fear of birth may be a hidden symptom of depression. It is noted that emotional regulation skills and resilience in pregnant women can be effective strategies in minimizing and managing fear, anxiety, stress, and anxiety. Emotional resilience is defined as the style of coping with stress, the ability to repair oneself, the ability to recover from adverse events quickly, and the state of adapting to a new environment. In particular, individuals with high emotional resilience can protect their physical and mental health and increase their life satisfaction by reducing the negative consequences they experience. With the emotional resilience training given during pregnancy, pregnant women's stress, fear, and anxiety will be reduced, and they will be able to cope better with the difficulties they experience. This research will be conducted to examine the effect of emotional resilience training given to primiparous pregnant women on fear of childbirth and depression.

Interventions

OTHEREmotional Resilience training

Primiparous pregnant women in the experimental group will be given emotional resilience training in the last trimester.

Sponsors

Ataturk University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Being over 18 years of age, * Volunteering to participate in the research, * 32-34. Being at the gestational age, * Knowing Turkish, * Being at least a primary school graduate, * Having a single and healthy fetus, * Having a WBDRS-A score of 38 and above, * Being at least a primary school graduate. * Depression score above 12/13,

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant women with any risky pregnancy history (Preeclampsia, placenta previa, gestational diabetes mellitus, oligohydramnios and polyhydroamnios, etc.), * Those who do not attend at least one of the sessions of the training program, * Chronic and/or psychiatric health Pregnant women with problems (based on self-report and clinical diagnosis status) will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The effect of emotional resilience on fear of birth and depression in primiparous pregnant women.32-34 gestational weeks - 4 follow-ups until the 6th week postpartumTo make the effect of emotional resilience training given to primiparous pregnant women on fear of birth and depression during pregnancy and after birth visible with WIJMA-A and WIJMA-B fear of birth scale (Low (score ≤ 37), moderate (38-65), severe (66-84) and clinical fear of birth (≥ 85)) and Edinburgh depression scale (The cut-off point was calculated as 12/13, and women whose total scale score is more than the cut-off point are considered to be in the risk group)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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