Treatment of trauma-related symptoms and fear of childbirth in a naturalistic cohort of pregnant women

Treatment of trauma-related symptoms and fear of childbirth in a naturalistic cohort of pregnant women - Trauma-related symptoms and fear of childbirth during pregnancy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON55014

Enrollment

Registered

2020-09-09

Start date

2020-12-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-15

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Conditions

fear of childbirth Post-traumatic stress disorder

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - All pregnant women who have an intake at the department of medical psychology (registration for POP-care. POP is an abbreviation of psychiatry, obstetrics, and pediatrics)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - No good command of Dutch language - Psychiatric/neurological disorder which interferes with adequate completion of the questionnaires - Aged under 18years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pregnant women with PTSD (symptomatology) will be described, ass wel ass the pregnant women who develop PTSD (symptomatology) during pregnancy. In addition, an overview of EMDR therapy will be given (type of trauma, number of targets, traumatic memory or flashforward, considerations for not applying EMDR (despite PTSD symptomatolgy). Differences in PTSD symptomatology (PCL-5 questionnaire) and differences in fear of childbirth (WEDQ-A) before and after EMDR therapy will be examined. - Life Event Checklist for de DSM-5 (LEC-5 vragenlijst): screen for potentially traumatic events during one's life. The option 'traumatic childbirth' will be added to the questionnaire. - PTSS Checklist for de DSM-5 (PCL-5 vragenlijst): PTSD symptoms - Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire version A (WEDQ-A): thoughts and feeling about the upcoming childbirth - Wijma Delivery Experience Questionnaire version B (WEDQ-B): thoughts and feelings about the childbirth after delivery - EMDR related parameters (type of trauma, number of targets, traumatic memory or flashforward)	—

Measure

Time frame

Pregnant women with PTSD (symptomatology) will be described, ass wel ass the pregnant women who develop PTSD (symptomatology) during pregnancy. In addition, an overview of EMDR therapy will be given (type of trauma, number of targets, traumatic memory or flashforward, considerations for not applying EMDR (despite PTSD symptomatolgy). Differences in PTSD symptomatology (PCL-5 questionnaire) and differences in fear of childbirth (WEDQ-A) before and after EMDR therapy will be examined. - Life Event Checklist for de DSM-5 (LEC-5 vragenlijst): screen for potentially traumatic events during one's life. The option 'traumatic childbirth' will be added to the questionnaire. - PTSS Checklist for de DSM-5 (PCL-5 vragenlijst): PTSD symptoms - Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire version A (WEDQ-A): thoughts and feeling about the upcoming childbirth - Wijma Delivery Experience Questionnaire version B (WEDQ-B): thoughts and feelings about the childbirth after delivery - EMDR related parameters (type of trauma, number of targets, traumatic memory or flashforward)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Complication related to pregnancy or chilbirth - Mode of delivery - Gestational age (weeks) - Birth weight (grams) - Apgar score (5 minutes after delivery) - Participant's experience of the psychological treatment during pregnancy	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results