Fear of Childbirth, Pain During Labour
Conditions
Keywords
Anastatica Hierochuntica
Brief summary
This is a study to see if the use of virgin mary herb during birth has an effect on fear, pain and duration during birth. Virgin mary herb is a dry plant and it is believed that when added to water during birth, it makes birth easier.
Detailed description
Objective: Midwives mostly develop nonpharmacological methods to cope with fear and pain management during birth in order not to interfere with the flow of birth. There are limited studies on traditional birth methods in Turkey. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the use of the Virgin Mary Herb, one of the traditional methods applied during birth, on fear of birth and pain felt during birth. Material and Method: The universe of the study consists of all pregnant women who were admitted to the Birth Unit of a City Hospital in Istanbul between March 2023 and December 2023. A power analysis was conducted to determine the number of people to be included in the study sample. The power of the test was calculated with the G\*Power 3.1 program. In order to exceed the 95% value in determining the power of the study; a total of 84 people, 42 people in groups, should be reached at a significance level of 5% and an effect size of 0.732 (df=82; t=1.66). The study aimed to reach a total of 100 people, with the condition of including 50 people in each group, considering the high power of the test and the losses. Data were collected between September 5, 2024 and December 31, 2024. 50 intervention groups and 50 control groups were included in the study, and all pregnant women received midwifery care. The intervention group was additionally shown the opening of the Virgin Mary Herb in water.
Interventions
OTHERprimiparous pregnant woman following virgin mary
It is thought that the application of the motherwort during birth shortens the duration of labor and reduces pain and fear during birth. In the study, the pregnant women in the intervention group watched the opening of the motherwort in water during birth.
OTHERprimiparous pregnant
Only midwifery care was applied to pregnant women in the control group.
Sponsors
Uskudar University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
The researcher will provide the Virgin Mary herb. A Virgin Mary herb plant will be used for each pregnant woman. The herb will be weighed with a precision scale to ensure that it is the same size and weight. The intervention group will be asked to fill out the same data collection tools by watching 100 grams of Virgin Mary herb in a standard wide-mouthed glass bowl at 50 degrees and put in a container full of water. The monitoring period of the Virgin Mary herb will be recorded in the Virgin Mary Herb Monitoring Form and the visuals during this time will be photographed and monitored through this form. At the same time, the labor will be monitored with the midwifery care provided by the researcher midwife throughout the progress of the labor. The pregnant woman will be told to imagine that her cervix is opening in this way while watching the herb opening. The details regarding the application (monitoring period of Anastatica Hierochuntica) will be recorded by
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Days to 45 Days
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Being over 18 years old, * Being able to understand and speak Turkish, * Being primiparous, * Not having a chronic disease, * Having completed the 37th week of pregnancy, * Not having passed the 42nd week of pregnancy, * Being in a cephalic presentation, * Having reached 4cm cervical dilatation,
Exclusion criteria
* Multiparous pregnancy, * Application of labor induction, * Being a high-risk pregnancy, * Having received childbirth preparation training, * Being an immigrant, * Use of non-pharmacological methods other than Virgin Mary
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fear Scale | After the pregnant woman started labor(when cervical dilatation was 4cm and above), the application was started. Labor lasted on average 24 hours.During this time the pregnant woman was assessed 3 times | It is a scale developed by Serçekuş, İşbir and İnci in 2017. The Turkish form of the Fear of Childbirth Scale is a measurement tool that can accurately measure fear during childbirth, can be applied to Turkish culture, and is suitable in terms of language and content validity. The scale is a practical and fast tool to determine the degree of fear during childbirth and has been recommended to be used to determine the degree of fear of women in delivery rooms. Detection of fear during childbirth can allow continuous supportive care (emotional, informative support, relaxation, etc.) during childbirth, allowing the woman to have a better birth experience. Therefore, the Fear of Childbirth Scale can be used by professionals to determine the degree of fear of women in delivery rooms. The scale consists of 10 questions. Each question was scored between 1 and 10. The higher the score, the higher the fear. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Analog Scale (VAS) | After the pregnant woman started labor(when cervical dilatation was 4cm and above), the application was started.Labor lasted on average 24 hours.During this time the pregnant woman was assessed 3times | VAS was developed to be used in converting some values that cannot be measured quantitatively into numerical values. In VAS, where pain intensity is evaluated, pain intensity is graded between 0 and 10 points. "No pain" is graded as 0 points and "very severe pain" is graded as 10 points. Pain intensity of "less than 3 points" is indicated as mild pain, "between 3-6 points" as moderate pain, and "more than 6 points" as severe pain. It is seen that the pain increases as the score given increases. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
STUDY_DIRECTORTugba YILMAZ ESENCAN, Associate Professor
Uskudar University
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSumeyye ÇİFTÇİ, specialist midwife
Çam ve Sakura City Hospital
Outcome results
None listed