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Alternative Birth Positions During the Second Stage

Midwifery Students' Experiences and Opinions on Alternative Birthing Positions in the Second Stage of Labor

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06832332
Enrollment
60
Registered
2025-02-18
Start date
2025-02-20
Completion date
2025-03-30
Last updated
2025-02-18

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

Conditions

Simulation

Brief summary

Simulation training provided before clinical practice at many universities helps students feel confident and well prepared for the clinical environment. Simulation-based learning not only improves professional competence in midwifery educators but also equips and empowers midwifery students in practice. In undergraduate midwifery education, students are provided obstetric skills training on electronic fetal monitoring (EFM), delivery management, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, breech delivery, umbilical cord prolapse and perineal repair (incision and episiotomy). It has been determined that simulation-based training positively affects the perceived readiness of the participants. It is emphasized that health personnel should be encouraged to freely choose birth positions and be informed about the risks and benefits of upright and supine positions. This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of midwifery students' use of alternative birth positions in the second stage of labor on students' anxiety, self-efficacy, skill and knowledge levels.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALalternative birthing positions

In this stage, students will be given a simulated breech birth with alternative birth positions as opposed to the traditional position in the second stage of labor.

Sponsors

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Continuing their third year in the 2024-2025 Spring semester, * Students who have passed the normal birth management course

Exclusion criteria

* Students who fail the normal birth management course

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Childbirth Skills Self-Efficacy Scale1 HOUR

Outcome results

None listed

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