the Effect of Instructional Method on Decision Making
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 67
- Primary Endpoint
- Decision making
Study Overview
Brief Summary
In these single- blind clinical trial 67 primigravida females, gestational aged 34-36 week were selected using multi-stage sampling and assigned into two groups randomly. Decision-making (before, two weeks after and at admission in maternity department) was tested by a researcher -made questionnaire. In experiment group, advantages and disadvantages of normal delivery and cesarean-section delivery were presented by role-playing in three 90-min scenarios. It was also presented in a 90-min lecture. Data were analyzed using SPSS by mean difference test, exact fisher test, independent t-test and paired t-test.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 28 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •primipara , single pregnancy , gestational age of 34-36 weeks ,age of 18-35 years old, no history of infertility, no indication for cesarean section, no passing educational course for delivery methods
Exclusion Criteria
- •medical condition in pregnant woman, diagnosis of abnormal fetus / no possibility for delivery fetus by sonography, abnormal volume of amniotic fluid or placenta
Arms & Interventions
role play
In this method, researcher with two other co-researchers played 3 scenarios in 7 steps (for each scenario)including warm up, selecting participant, preparing the scene, preparing observers, play ,discussion and evaluation and generalization to education about advantages and disadvantages of normal delivery and cesarean section .
Intervention: role play (Other)
lecture
describe the advantages and disadvantages of normal delivery and cesarian section
Intervention: lecture (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Decision making
Time Frame: 2 weeks
Two weeks after educational course for each group (Lecture and Role play), knowledge, attitude and decision making questionnaire were completed again. They were followed at admission by phone conversation for knowing their decision.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Zahra Abedian
Instructor of Midwifery
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences