The Door to the Womb at Birth: Haptonomy

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effect of haptonomy application on the expectant mother's birth expectations, experiences, birth self-efficacy, birth memory and reminder during labor.

Materials and Methods: The prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled study is conducted between 10.10.2023-10.08.2024, with n=80 (40=control, 40=intervention) women volunteering to participate in the study randomly in two groups: intervention and control. In the study, the Personal Data Collection Form prepared by reviewing the literature, Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale (W-DEQ) A and B version, Labor Self-Efficacy Scale (DEÖÖ) and Birth Memory and Recall Scale (DHÖ) were used.

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Conditions

Birth Outcome, Adverse Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Memory Disorders Memory Impairment Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pregnancy Complications Pregnancy Related Self Efficacy Signs and Symptoms Urogenital Diseases

Age range

18 year–49 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Bartın University

Bartın, 78100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Married and pregnant women,
≥ 18 years old,
Able to read, write and understand Turkish,
Living in the city center where the study is conducted,
Does not have any physical or psychological health problems for herself or her baby,
Having a spontaneous pregnancy at 28.< gestational weeks,
Those who have not received haptonomy application before,
Pregnant women who agreed to participate in the study were included.

Exclusion criteria

Those with psychological and chronic health problems,
Pregnant women who did not agree to participate in the study were not included.

Treatment and study plan

haptonomy

Other

With the energy work, we will move on to the stage of harmonizing the intuitive and heart energy fields. It will be ensured that the mother's communication with her baby has a spiritual dimension as well as a physical one. 6. Then the stage of touching and communicating with the baby will begin. The hands of the researcher and the pregnant woman will be placed on the pregnant woman's uterus. Then, the pregnant woman will be the first to call her baby. This call to the baby will be repeated 2-3 times. 7. The pregnant woman and her uterus will be touched and exercises will be performed to adapt to the fetus. The aim is to increase the emotional awareness of the pregnant woman and to enable her to play intrauterine games with her baby (such as calling the baby, shaking her belly, moving the baby to the touched area with the mother's voice). Haptonomy will be completed with a deep relaxation exercise that will support the heart-uterus connection accompanied by breathing exercises.

Primary outcomes

Wijma Birth Expectation/Experience Scale (W-DEQ) A and B version

Time frame: change before the application of the patent and after the 32nd, 34th, 36th, 38th weeks of pregnancy and the 1st day and 1st month postpartum.

This scale was adapted from Wijma et al. Developed by. The purpose of the scale is to evaluate women's fear of birth during their own birth experiences in the postpartum period. Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Uçar and Beji. The scale consists of 33 items. Each item is a 6-point Likert type with scores ranging from 1 to 6, with 1 being "completely" and 6 being "not at all". While the minimum score on the scale is 33, the maximum score is 198. High scores indicate that women have a high fear of childbirth. Negatively loaded questions in the scale (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12,15, 19, 20, 24, 25, 27, 31) are calculated by reversing them in the opposite direction to ensure consistency in measurement.
Self-Efficacy Scale in Labor

Time frame: change before the application of the patent and after the 32nd, 34th, 36th, 38th weeks of pregnancy and the 1st day and 1st month postpartum.

Self-Efficacy Scale in Labor - Short Version' was developed by Ip et al. to measure self-efficacy levels in labor. The Turkish validity and reliability study of the scale was conducted by Ersoy (2011). The scale consists of two sub-dimensions: outcome expectation and competence expectation, and there are 16 questions in each sub-dimension. The lowest score to be obtained from the sub-dimensions of the scale is 16 and the highest score is 160. A high score from each subscale indicates that pregnant women have high expectations of adequacy and outcome regarding labor. Responses on a Likert-type scale are scored from 1 to 10.
Birth Memory and Recall Scale

Time frame: change before the application of the patent and after the 32nd, 34th, 36th, 38th weeks of pregnancy and the 1st day and 1st month postpartum.

This scale developed by Foley et al. in 2014, was adapted into Turkish by Topkara and Çağan in 2021. The scale is a 7-point Likert type. The scale, which consists of a total of 21 items, has six sub-dimensions. Its sub-dimensions are "Emotional Memory", "Ambivalent Emotional Memory", "Centeredness of Memory", "Coherence and Reliving", "Sensory Memory" and "Involuntary Remembering". The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 147 and the lowest score is 6. High scores from the "Emotional Memory" sub-dimension indicate that the mother's negative emotions about the birth experience are more intense, high scores from the "Ambivalent Emotional Memory" sub-dimension indicate that the mother has more ambivalent emotions, and high scores from the "Centeredness of Memory" sub-dimension indicate that the mother has more ambivalent emotions.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Trakya University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Jul 18, 2024
Registry last updated: Aug 27, 2024

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