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NCT Number: NCT06691854

Women's Perception of Respectful Maternity Care, Birth Experiences and Perception of Traumatic Birth

The effect of the ıntrapartum care model given in line with the world health organization (WHO) recommendations on women's perception of respectful maternity care, birth experiences and perception of traumatic birth

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Key information

Conditions

Maternity Birth Injuries Birth, First Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Infant, Newborn, Diseases Intrapartum Fetal Distress Traumatic Birth Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Seyhan Çankaya

Konya, 42250, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The research is a randomized controlled trial. The research will conducted with 124 primiparous pregnant women (intervention group n=62, control group n=62) who were hospitalized in the delivery unit of Aksaray Training and Research Hospital between September 2023 and January 2024. The pregnant women in the intervention group will given the intrapartum care model in line with WHO recommendations after cervical dilation reached 5 cm. The control group will received only the standard intrapartum care in the hospital. Data will be collected using the personal information form, birth follow-up form, respectful maternal care scale, birth experience scale, and traumatic birth perception scale.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Those who are 18 years of age or older,
  • Those who are in term pregnancy (38-41 weeks),
  • Those who are primiparous,
  • Those who have a single, healthy, vertex positioned fetus,
  • Those who have cervical dilatation of 5 cm or more,
  • Those who can speak and understand Turkish,
  • Those who voluntarily agree to participate in the research.

Exclusion criteria

  • Those with chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, etc.),
  • Those with a diagnosed mental illness (depression, anxiety or other psychotic disorder, etc.),
  • Those with maternal and fetal complications (oligohydramnios and polyhydramnios, placenta previa, preeclampsia, premature membrane rupture, presentation anomalies, intrauterine growth retardation, fetal anomalies, intrauterine death, macrosomic baby, cord prolapse, etc.),
  • Those with any complications that prevent vaginal birth (cephalopelvic disproportion, etc.),
  • Elective cesarean section,
  • Those who became pregnant with assisted reproductive techniques,
  • Those who received childbirth preparation training.

Treatment and study plan

The group that applied the Intrapartum Care Model

Other

Pregnant women who apply to the hospital for delivery, have cervical dilatation of 5 cm and above, agree to participate in the study and are assigned to the intervention group;

A Personal Information form will be applied at the first clinic admission. All primiparous pregnant women assigned to the intervention group will be applied the intrapartum care model by the research midwife during the labor process and after birth in line with the WHO positive birth recommendations.

The labor process of the pregnant woman will be recorded on the birth experience follow-up form.

After birth, the Respectful maternity care scale, Birth experience scale, Traumatic birth perception scale will be applied.

Primary outcomes

  1. Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women before the intervention with the questionnaire

    Time frame: 6 months

    Sociodemographic of pregnant women will be collected through surveys and compared and reported

  2. Comparison of pre-intervention obstetric characteristics of pregnant women with a questionnaire

    Time frame: 6 months

    Obstetric of pregnant women will be collected through surveys and compared and reported

  3. Comparison of the delivery times of pregnant women through a survey

    Time frame: 6 months

    The duration of labor of the groups will be collected through surveys and compared and reported

  4. Comparison of the means of the respectful birth care scale among pregnant women by group

    Time frame: 6 months

    The respectful maternity care scale will be applied to pregnant women. The respectful maternity care scale is 19-95 points (min-max), and as the score increases, women's respectful maternity care increases.

  5. Comparison of the means of the birth experience scale among pregnant women by group

    Time frame: 6 months

    The birth experience scale will be applied to pregnant women. The birth experience scale is 22-88 points (min-max), and as the score increases, it indicates that the expectant mother has a good birth experience.

  6. Comparison of the means of the traumatic birth perception scale among pregnant women by group

    Time frame: 6 months

    The traumatic birth perception scale will be applied to pregnant women. The traumatic birth perception scale is 0-130 points (min-max). The scale shows that the 0-26 point range is "very low", the 27-52 point range is "low", the 53-78 point range is "medium", the 79-104 point range is "high", and the 105-130 point range is "very high" traumatic birth perception level.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Selcuk University

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of the Intrapartum Care Model Given in Line With the World Health Organization (WHO) Recommendations on Women's Perception of Respectful Maternity Care, Birth Experiences and Perception of Traumatic Birth.

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Nov 15, 2024
Registry last updated
Sep 29, 2025

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