Evaluation of The Fear of Childbirth

Completed

• Conditions: Fear of Childbirth

• Registration Number: NCT05131503
• Lead Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Brief Summary

Most pregnant women have fear of labor. The reasons of fear of labor are different according to women. The investigators will examine the relationship between the descriptive features and level of fear of labor of pregnant women by using the Oxford worries about labour scale

Detailed Description

The investigators will give a survey to pregnant women who go to the antenatal polyclinic. The survey is consisted by researchers. The survey has a few questions about pregnant women's descriptive features. Next the investigators will evaluate the level of fear of labor of pregnant women. After the investigators will analyze the relationship between pregnant women's fear and their descriptive features.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-09-15
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-12
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-23
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-15
• Study Completion: 2022-03-15
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

• all of volunteers and pregnant women who are 18-35 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

• the pregnant women have any obstetrical complications.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Oxford Worries About Labour Scale	approximately 30 minutes, waiting in the antenatal polyclinic.	This scale measures the level of fear of childbirth. The scale has ten questions which has four answers as Likert Scale. Also the scale has 40-100 points. As the point decreases the fear score increases.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ankara City Hospital- Maternity Hospital; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey