The effect of integration of psycho-educational intervention into childbirth preparation classes by midwives on the level of fear, stress, anxiety, self-efficacy of mothers

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Conditions: Integration of psycho-educational intervention into childbirth preparation classes by midwives.

Registration Number: IRCT20181214041963N4

Lead Sponsor: Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

Iranian nationality
Persian language
Gestation age 20-24 weeks
singleton pregnancy
Literacy for reading and writing
Certificate of introduction to the class from the caregiver (midwife, doctor, gynecologist)
Consent to participate in research

Exclusion Criteria

Lack of prenatal care
Prohibition to participate in the class according to the attending gynecologist or midwife
The presence of obvious fetal abnormalities
Substance abuse and addiction to drugs and psychotropic drugs and stimulants and drinking alcoholic beverages
Suffering from mental illnesses or facing unfortunate and stressful events within 6 months before the start of the study

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fear of childbirth. Timepoint: Version A will be completed before delivery and in the last session of childbirth preparation classes, and version B will be completed two weeks after delivery. Method of measurement: Vijma fear of childbirth questionnaire version A and B.;Type of delivery. Timepoint: After studying. Method of measurement: check list.;Stress from childbirth. Timepoint: After studying. Method of measurement: Pregnancy stress and worry questionnaire.;Anxiety about childbirth. Timepoint: After studying. Method of measurement: Spielberger overt anxiety questionnaire.;Mothers' satisfaction with childbirth. Timepoint: After studying. Method of measurement: MacKey childbirth satisfaction questionnaire.;Childbirth self-efficacy. Timepoint: After studying. Method of measurement: Childbirth self-efficacy questionnaire.;Apgar of the baby in the first and fifth minutes. Timepoint: After studying. Method of measurement: Baby checklist.

Secondary Outcome Measures