Effect of Intrapartum Continuous Midwife Support on Maternal and Neonatal Stress Level
Labor Complication, Midwife, Stress
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Labor Complication focused on measuring Continuous midwife support, Midwife, Labour support, Stress, Neonatal, Intrapartum, Cortisol, Saliva
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women who can speak and understand Turkish.
- Women between the ages of 18 and 35.
- Women with their first pregnancy.
- Women with the only living fetus.
- Women who do not have any chronic diseases.
- Women who live with their spouses.
- Women who have not been diagnosed with risky pregnancy during pregnancy.
- Women whose pregnancy is between 28 and 36 weeks.
- Women who scored 38 or more on the Wijma Birth Experience/Expectation Scale A and agreed to participate voluntarily in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women who do not complete all the steps of the research.
- Those who develop any complications in the mother or baby during the birth process.
- Those who do not complete the research forms will be excluded from the research.
Sites / Locations
- Meserret ASLAN
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Women receiving uninterrupted midwife support during the intrapartum period
Women who do not receive uninterrupted midwife support during the intrapartum period
28. - Visual Analog Scale will be applied to determine the Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience (W-DEQ A) Scale and birth fear in order to determine the birth fears of pregnant women in the 36th week. During outpatient checks, the first saliva cortisol samples will be taken by researcher Meserret Aslan between 8:30 and 09:00 in the morning. Researcher Meserret Aslan will provide six hours of online pregnancy training to pregnant women in the experimental group and provide uninterrupted midwife support during the intrapartum period.Within the first half hour of postpartum after birth, saliva cortisol samples of women will be repeated by researcher Meserret Aslan. Between the 24th and 72nd hours before postpartum discharge procedures take place, saliva cortisol samples of women will be taken for the last time by researcher Meserret Aslan from the experimental group.
Between the 28th and 36th weeks, the pregnancy diagnosis form will be applied by the researcher to the pregnant women in the control group. 28. - Visual Analog Scale will be applied to determine the Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience (W-DEQ A) Scale and birth fear in order to determine the birth fears of pregnant women in the 36th week. During outpatient checks, the first saliva cortisol samples will be taken by researcher Meserret Aslan between 8:30 and 09:00 in the morning. After birth, postpartum from control groups will be repeated by researcher Meserret Aslan in the first half hour. Between the 24th and 72nd hours before postpartum discharge procedures take place, saliva cortisol samples of women will be taken for the last time by researcher Meserret Aslan from the control groups.