Effects of Antenatal Education on Fear of Birth, Depression, Anxiety, Childbirth Self-efficacy, and Mode of Delivery in Primiparous Pregnant Women (Antenatal)
Fear of Childbirth, Antenatal Education, Depression, Anxiety
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Fear of Childbirth focused on measuring antenatal education, fear of childbirth, depression, anxiety, stress, childbirth self-efficacy, mode of delivery
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women (between 20 and 32 gestation weeks),
- Healthy,
- Nulliparous with singleton pregnancies,
- Older than 18 years.
- Involved giving birth at full term,
- Having a healthy newborn (born at 38-42 weeks of gestation)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women taking medication for a diagnosed mental illness (e.g., antidepressants, antianxiety or antipsychotic medication),
- Women with complicated or high- risk pregnancies,
- Anticipating or experiencing a perinatal death (e.g., congenital abnormality incompatible) or stillbirth,
- Having experienced no postnatal complications (hemorrhage, puerperal infection, mastitis, thromboembolic disease or postpartum psychiatric disorder).
Sites / Locations
- Selcuk University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Control Group
Experimental Group
Prior to the study, primiparous pregnant women presented to the outpatient clinic for routine pregnancy control were introduced with free prenatal education classes and they were invited to participate in the study. Primiparous women who volunteered to participate in the study and met the inclusion criteria were included in the study and they formed the experimental and control group. Control group did not receive antenatal education and they received prenatal care service routinely provided at the polyclinics of the same hospital.
Antenatal education group The primiparous pregnant women assigned to the intervention group participated in education classes in groups of 8-10 people. Pregnant women were given structured antenatal education twice a week for two weeks (240 minutes). The total education time was 16 hours. Each session comprised 150 minutes presentation of theoretical knowledge, 45 minutes warm-up and stretching exercises, and 45 minutes relaxation exercises.