Complaints, Coping With Stress as a Couple, Dyadic Adjustment, Education, Pregnancy, Pregnant Women, Quality of Life
Conditions
Brief summary
Objective: This study aims to examine the effect of education provided to pregnant women and their partners on coping with stress as a couple, couple harmony, complaints, and quality of life regarding changes during pregnancy.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEducation on Changes During Pregnancy
In the first session of the researcher-prepared training presentation, women will be informed about the structure and functions of their internal and external reproductive organs, as well as changes in physical, hormonal, social, and lifestyle activities. After the first session, there will be a 15-minute break before the second session, which will include evidence-based training on the effects of pregnancy-related changes on stress, couple harmony, and quality of life. Methods for coping with stress and pregnancy-related complaints, process management that positively impacts couple harmony, and healthy lifestyle behaviors that enhance quality of life will be discussed.
Sponsors
Trakya University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Pregnant women and their spouses who are over 18 years of age, * Literate and able to understand Turkish, * Married, * With a living spouse, * Primiparous, * Who have applied to the Bartın Provincial Health Directorate Healthy Life Center Pregnancy Class, * Have written consent, and volunteer to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Those who withdrew or dropped out of the study early, * Those who were not willing to participate in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Couple Coping Inventory | change from Baseline (before implementation) and at 1st and 4th weeks of practice | Developed by Bodenmann to measure couple coping and stress communication in romantic relationships . The inventory is a 5-point Likert-type scale with 37 items. Item scores range from 1 (never) to 5 (always). |
| The Pregnancy Complaints and Their Impact on Quality of Life Scale | change from Baseline (before implementation) and at 1st and 4th weeks of practice | This scale measures pregnancy complaints and their impact on quality of life. The scale contains 42 items and consists of two sections. The first section assesses the frequency of pregnancy-related complaints experienced in the past month, and the second section assesses how these complaints impact daily activities. As the total score increases, quality of life decreases. |
| The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale | change from Baseline (before implementation) and at 1st and 4th weeks of practice | The RDS is the final version of the 32-item Dyadic Adjustment Scale developed by Spanier, which was revised and reduced to 14 items. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed