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Women's Perception of Respectful Maternity Care, Birth Experiences and Perception of Traumatic Birth

The Effect of the Intrapartum Care Model Given in Line With the World Health Organization (WHO) Recommendations on Women's Perception of Respectful Maternity Care, Birth Experiences and Perception of Traumatic Birth.

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06691854
Enrollment
124
Registered
2024-11-15
Start date
2024-12-01
Completion date
2025-07-01
Last updated
2025-09-29

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Conditions

Birth, First, Intrapartum Fetal Distress, Maternity, Traumatic Birth

Keywords

Respectful maternity care scale, Birth experience scale, Traumatic birth perception scale, WHO Intrapartum Care Recommendations

Brief summary

The effect of the ıntrapartum care model given in line with the world health organization (WHO) recommendations on women's perception of respectful maternity care, birth experiences and perception of traumatic birth

Detailed description

The research is a randomized controlled trial. The research will conducted with 124 primiparous pregnant women (intervention group n=62, control group n=62) who were hospitalized in the delivery unit of Aksaray Training and Research Hospital between September 2023 and January 2024. The pregnant women in the intervention group will given the intrapartum care model in line with WHO recommendations after cervical dilation reached 5 cm. The control group will received only the standard intrapartum care in the hospital. Data will be collected using the personal information form, birth follow-up form, respectful maternal care scale, birth experience scale, and traumatic birth perception scale.

Interventions

Pregnant women who apply to the hospital for delivery, have cervical dilatation of 5 cm and above, agree to participate in the study and are assigned to the intervention group; A Personal Information form will be applied at the first clinic admission. All primiparous pregnant women assigned to the intervention group will be applied the intrapartum care model by the research midwife during the labor process and after birth in line with the WHO positive birth recommendations. The labor process of the pregnant woman will be recorded on the birth experience follow-up form. After birth, the Respectful maternity care scale, Birth experience scale, Traumatic birth perception scale will be applied.

Sponsors

Selcuk University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Those who are 18 years of age or older, * Those who are in term pregnancy (38-41 weeks), * Those who are primiparous, * Those who have a single, healthy, vertex positioned fetus, * Those who have cervical dilatation of 5 cm or more, * Those who can speak and understand Turkish, * Those who voluntarily agree to participate in the research.

Exclusion criteria

* Those with chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, etc.), * Those with a diagnosed mental illness (depression, anxiety or other psychotic disorder, etc.), * Those with maternal and fetal complications (oligohydramnios and polyhydramnios, placenta previa, preeclampsia, premature membrane rupture, presentation anomalies, intrauterine growth retardation, fetal anomalies, intrauterine death, macrosomic baby, cord prolapse, etc.), * Those with any complications that prevent vaginal birth (cephalopelvic disproportion, etc.), * Elective cesarean section, * Those who became pregnant with assisted reproductive techniques, * Those who received childbirth preparation training.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women before the intervention with the questionnaire6 monthsSociodemographic of pregnant women will be collected through surveys and compared and reported
Comparison of pre-intervention obstetric characteristics of pregnant women with a questionnaire6 monthsObstetric of pregnant women will be collected through surveys and compared and reported
Comparison of the delivery times of pregnant women through a survey6 monthsThe duration of labor of the groups will be collected through surveys and compared and reported
Comparison of the means of the respectful birth care scale among pregnant women by group6 monthsThe respectful maternity care scale will be applied to pregnant women. The respectful maternity care scale is 19-95 points (min-max), and as the score increases, women's respectful maternity care increases.
Comparison of the means of the birth experience scale among pregnant women by group6 monthsThe birth experience scale will be applied to pregnant women. The birth experience scale is 22-88 points (min-max), and as the score increases, it indicates that the expectant mother has a good birth experience.
Comparison of the means of the traumatic birth perception scale among pregnant women by group6 monthsThe traumatic birth perception scale will be applied to pregnant women. The traumatic birth perception scale is 0-130 points (min-max). The scale shows that the 0-26 point range is very low, the 27-52 point range is low, the 53-78 point range is medium, the 79-104 point range is high, and the 105-130 point range is very high traumatic birth perception level.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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