Training Given to Pregnant Women and Their Partners on Coping With Stress as a Couple, Couple Adjustment, Complaints and Quality of Life

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pregnant Women; Coping With Stress as a Couple; Dyadic Adjustment; Complaints; Quality of Life; Education; Pregnancy

• Registration Number: NCT07159984
• Lead Sponsor: Trakya University

Brief Summary

Objective: This study aims to examine the effect of education provided to pregnant women and their partners on coping with stress as a couple, couple harmony, complaints, and quality of life regarding changes during pregnancy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2025-05-18
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-05
• Status Verified: 2025-08
• Study Completion: 2025-08-30
• Study First Submitted: 2025-08-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-09-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-09-05
• Study First Posted: 2025-09-08
• Last Update Posted: 2025-09-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women and their spouses who are over 18 years of age,
• Literate and able to understand Turkish,
• Married,
• With a living spouse,
• Primiparous,
• Who have applied to the Bartın Provincial Health Directorate Healthy Life Center Pregnancy Class,
• Have written consent, and volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who withdrew or dropped out of the study early,
• Those who were not willing to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Couple Coping Inventory	change from Baseline (before implementation) and at 1st and 4th weeks of practice	Developed by Bodenmann to measure couple coping and stress communication in romantic relationships . The inventory is a 5-point Likert-type scale with 37 items. Item scores range from 1 (never) to 5 (always).
The Pregnancy Complaints and Their Impact on Quality of Life Scale	change from Baseline (before implementation) and at 1st and 4th weeks of practice	This scale measures pregnancy complaints and their impact on quality of life. The scale contains 42 items and consists of two sections. The first section assesses the frequency of pregnancy-related complaints experienced in the past month, and the second section assesses how these complaints impact daily activities. As the total score increases, quality of life decreases.
The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale	change from Baseline (before implementation) and at 1st and 4th weeks of practice	The RDS is the final version of the 32-item Dyadic Adjustment Scale developed by Spanier, which was revised and reduced to 14 items.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Eskişehir Osmangazi University; Eskişehir, Turkey (Türkiye)